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From five high school interns in 2017 to more than 150 in 2023. Textron Aviation is home to Wichita’s largest high school internship program.
It is part of the longtime aviation company’s deliberate strategy, in collaboration with the Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas, to develop the region’s talent pipeline.
Michele Gifford, the human resources director at Textron Aviation, explained talent initiatives such as internships are imperative in keeping pace with the company’s attrition and the development of its future workforce.
She added community partnerships are key to the success of those initiatives.
“By working with K-12 schools, universities, colleges and technical schools to diversify their programs to include additional emphasis on industry needs, we’re developing the next generation of innovators to understand what the future of aviation looks like,” explained Gifford.
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