Strategies to Attract and Retain a Capable Transportation Workforce (2011) / Chapter Skim
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43 Pennsylvania DOT Civil Engineer Training (CET) Program Definition of Screening Applicants: Involves identifying avenues for enhancing the process of screening applicants from entry-level staff to senior leaders.
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Exhibit 5-1 (Continued) Snapshot of Chapter 5 Workforce Pipeline Target Area 5.1 Workforce Challenges.
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One of these challenges is maintaining relationships with universities and career fairs during the freeze. At times, career fair organizers have waiting lists of employers that would like to take a spot at the career fair.
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Exhibit 5-2 (Continued) Industry Strategies: Screening Applicants Strategy Strategy Description collaboratively to come to an informed decision.
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Fourteen workforce practices that were designed to assist in making the process of "Screening Applicants" within transportation agencies efficient and effective were reviewed, and we identified one workforce practice that was noteworthy within this context: Pennsylvania DOT Civil Engineer Training (CET) Program For this practice, we conducted a case study.
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PennDOT has created the Civil Engineer Training (CET) program to identify, recruit, and retain civil engineers by allowing program participants to gain 1 year of work experience rotating through the phases of civil engineering (CE)
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Other Example Practices To serve as an additional resource for agencies interested in "Screening Applicants," we have included a list of other practices that transportation agencies have implemented for this purpose. Additional information on each of the following practices can be found in one- to two-page summaries within the supplemental materials.
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