Preparation of young people entering the workforce

 

Charles Garcia

President and Chief Executive Officer of Garcia Construction Group Inc. and Chairman of the Greater Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.

"The statement that was made often is, you know, are we being handed off 18-year-olds or 22-year-olds coming out of college from parents and from organizations that have little or no experience and it’s up to us to train them and develop them. In many instances it is, and it makes it very difficult for us to compete in a global economy when most other nations, large nations, are very competitive in the area of education. So Indiana as a whole does a good job; we need to be doing a great job."