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June 2022
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Finding and retaining talented employees is an ongoing challenge for any organization, especially in this current precarious job market. The need to grow a talent base has become even more necessary, and the P1 internship program is helping address some of these needs for the immediate future and beyond. In 2021, Vice President Glenn Shain led the charge for revitalizing the internship program. He noted that the job market is competitive for all talent levels, but it is nearly impossible to recruit someone for a senior position, referring to the saying “When is the best time to plant a tree? 25 years ago. What is the next best time to plant a tree? Today.” “To create the talent P1 will need in the future, we must invest in those students that will become senior project managers and estimators in 10-15 years...right now,” Glenn said. Sarah Garcia, Director of Organizational and Talent Development, took the ball and ran with it. “Our goal is to get our interns engaged and learning not only about the industry, but also about P1 specifically, so they will ultimately want to become a permanent member of the P1 team,” Sarah said. To keep interns busy, a full schedule of structured events is in place to keep them learning, while having some fun. This year's interns are supporting operation divisions, so they will all spend time with estimating to learn what happens early in the process - and how P1 wins a job - before we get to the point of managing it. The schedule will again include MCAKC events, such as attending industry orientations and tours of union training facilities. An exciting addition this year is a job site tour at Garmin, partnering with P1's Virtual Design and Construction Division, to show how P1 gets from conceptual idea to a 3D BIM Model, and then to fabrication detail documents.
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