Program to address leadership skills gap in auto industry

By 2025, two million jobs are expected to go unfilled in the automotive industry due to a skills gap.

In response to this growing need, Workforce Solutions at Northeast State and the Center for Industrial Services at the University of Tennessee, are offering a leadership development program targeting automotive-related industries.

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Northeast State and UT will offer a leadership program to address the auto industry’s growing skills gap.

The Tennessee Automotive Supply Chain Workforce Readiness Program, funded in part by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), is the first program in Tennessee to bring workforce development, education, and industry experts together to develop a program customized for the automotive industry and designed to prepare workers for managerial and leadership roles.

The training will be delivered in a half-day format, one day a week. Topics include leadership, communications, coaching, supervision, quality control, safety, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

The training will be held at the Basler Library on Northeast State’s Blountville Campus. The first session will begin Sept. 12, 2017.

Fees for the training are $1,600.00 per participant which includes all materials.

For additional information, please contact Cindy Tauscher, 423.354.2570 or cmtauscher@northeaststate.edu.

The priority registration date is Sept. 4, 2017.

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