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Employer says internship partnership helps address skills gap
Summary
A business representative told a meeting that an internship partnership has helped the company reach candidates, speed hiring to about two weeks and show youth profitable career paths in construction.
Commenter, a business representative, told the meeting that a partnership placing interns into the company has helped address a local skills gap and produce hire-ready candidates.
The comment came during discussion of workforce programs and described a simple referral and internship process that the speaker said typically moves a candidate to hire in about two weeks.
"In general, yeah. We have a, we have a skills gap. And really, it's an uphill battle…
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