- [Ramona Schindelheim] Even before the pandemic,
there were over seven million open jobs in the country.
The reason that there were seven million open jobs,
according to many employers,
is they couldn't find the right people
with the match to the job skills that they were looking for.
There are up-skilling needs,
and when we talk about it at Working Nation,
we talk about how do we connect those two.
Who's doing the work to solve this problem,
and solve it in a way that employees can benefit,
and it's not gonna cost them a lot of money.
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- [Anthony Hoyte] Upskilling allows our team members to
achieve their career goals and know
that they have a long-term career with the company.
There are many career paths they can choose
from within the company,
we help outline those opportunities
to ensure their development.
- [Sabari Raja] Healthcare companies like
Ascension, Seton, Patients Premier Choice,
they're all putting in so much effort
in upskilling their current employees.
They're saying, where are their talent gaps?
And what are some training that they're doing with
upskilling their employees and how can that actually work
towards entry level positions as well?
So as they're upskilling more of their employees or more
opportunities for entry-level positions
being created at these companies.
- [Trae Cobern] What we do is teach them skills
from troubleshooting, basic desktop issues,
troubleshooting a server, and working with customers,
and then working their way up to networking skills.
We do training classes with all of our team
and people participate in that.
So they can develop their skills in the technology space and
provide themselves an opportunity and a career path.
- [Ramona Schindelheim] So for employees who want to
maintain their workforce
or build a workforce,
they have to figure out ways to create programs
that will train them.
- [Anthony Hoyte] We actually have a program
going right now where we're
bringing our team members in and let them shadow some of the
managers so they could see what we do on a daily basis.
We actually let them get hands-on training by completing
some of the tasks that the managers are required to do.
So if you do have a position available.
You have someone that has been through the training that has
already been through the ranks with the team.
So they know exactly what they're stepping into.
- [Delmer Armentrout] When I started out as a track laborer,
about six months into it,
and you start your upscale training.
I went to a manager training class where they kind of teach
you how to screen applicants or talk to people,
write emails,
how to converse back and forth with your customers.
And from there, I just kept building up.
It does take a lot of pressure off of you when you know that
you do have, you know,
that security of your financial and you're moving to
upskill and people are training you.
- [Anthony Hoyte] I think it's the best way to do business.
Actually, people like to know they're part of something
bigger when you bring them in and give them a goal
and show them that there is something else
that they can achieve,
they tend to work a little bit harder and strive to
to reach those goals.
College is not always the right path for everyone.
It's not always the only path for everyone.
There is a way to be successful in life without taking the
college route.
- You don't need a college degree,
you just need certifications.
There's a lot of content out there,
and there's a lot of different types of certifications,
some of the basic ones,
and some of the answers to the questions are on the internet
if you just go get a couple certifications.
That'll set you apart from the person has nothing
- [Anthony Hoyte] If they're on the hunt for a job first,
I would suggest they look for something that is an actual
career and something that they can see growth in themselves,
whether that's a mechanic who, you know,
wants to go from just working on your day to day vehicles,
automobiles, cars, trucks, or whatever,
to someone that wants to do,
who'll take that next step and start working on locomotives
pe se, or aircraft, or whatever.
- [Delmer Armentrout] The opportunities are endless
set your goals high and then
have achievable goals in between and just make small steps.
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