Why is trade school training alone insufficient to address the skilled labor gap?
Replied byMatt Ebert
Founder & CEO at Crash Champions
Niche: Retail
Revenue: Approx. $250 Million/month
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Started: 1999
Trade schools provide the basics, but graduates still lack the real-world speed and troubleshooting skills required in a busy shop. We have to take trade school graduates or raw recruits and put them through our own internal training programs to bridge the gap.
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