Curt Neal

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Curt Neal

• Vice President, Human Resources
• Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America

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Who Are We?
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2 Customers
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Model Line-up
Galant
Eclipse
Eclipse Spyder
Chrysler Sebring
Dodge Stratus
Endeavor
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MMMA - Normal, IL
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One Team
Quality Manufacturing Human Resources Controller
Production Engineering Procurement Finance Adminis
trative Support
MRDA -- MMSA
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One Team
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3,200 employees2,800 hourly associates400
salaried staff
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Workforce RequirementsAssociatesGroup Leaders
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Workforce Requirements ASSOCIATES

• Experience
• Industrial Experience or Manual Labor
• Testing
• Mechanical Aptitude
• Team Skills
• Quality Inspection Ability

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Workforce Requirements GROUP LEADERS

• Education
• Bachelors Engineering, Management
  Supervision, or related field
• Experience
• One Year in Manufacturing
• One Year Supervisory

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Workforce Requirements GROUP LEADERS

• Testing
• Realistic Job Preview GL Profile Match
• Delegation Reasoning Evaluation
• Manpower Scheduling Test
• Behavioral Interview
• Panel Interview Competency/Skill

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EXISTING SUPPORT

• Maintenance Apprenticeship
• Program Partnership
• 800 classroom hours at Heartland CC
• 7,200 hours on-the-job experience

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EXISTING SUPPORT

• General Education
• MMMA workforce averages two years of higher
  education
• Significantly exceeds industry average

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FUTURE ISSUES and EXPECTATIONS

• Continuation/Expansion of Heartland partnership
• Dramatically Increased Support for primary,
  secondary education

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BEYOND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

• Workers Compensation Reform
• Control/Reduction of Bureaucracy

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Thank you, Illinois !!