Post Date: January 9, 2017
AIA's Robin Thurman, Director, Workforce Policy and Dan Stohr, Director, Communications spoke to a Los Angeles Times reporter, Samantha Masunaga, on the challenge aerospace companies are facing competing for young engineers against the lure of tech companies in Silicon Valley, other tech centers and the auto industry. A&D companies have long been involved in college campus recruiting, but are now communicating with parents, teachers students and counselors on exciting careers in our industry as well as funding programs at the pre-K - 12 grade level to entice more students to take courses in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
For more information, review the article at http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-defense-recruiting-20161214-story.html
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