Bridging the Generation Gap: A Rapid Early Career Hire Training Program

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Bridging the Generation Gap: A Rapid Early Career Hire Training Program

Rieber, Richard R. / Coffee, Thomas / Dong, Shuonan / Infield, Samantha I. / Kilbride, Kendra B. / Seibert, Michael A. / Solish, Benjamin S.

Abstract

This paper describes a training program to provide Early Career Hires (ECHs) in the aerospace industry with real, rapid, hands-on exposure to multiple phases and multiple disciplines of flight project development. Such a program has become necessary to close the Generation Gap and ensure that aerospace organizations maintain a highly skilled workforce as experienced personnel begin to retire. This paper discusses the specific motivations for and implementation of such a program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. However, the essential features are widely applicable to other NASA centers and organizations delivering large llight systems. This paper details the overall program concept, stages of participation by an ECH, oversight and mentoring, program assessment, training project selection, and facilities requirements.

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Title :

Bridging the Generation Gap: A Rapid Early Career Hire Training Program

Contributors:

Rieber, Richard R. (author) / Coffee, Thomas (author) / Dong, Shuonan (author) / Infield, Samantha I. (author) / Kilbride, Kendra B. (author) / Seibert, Michael A. (author) / Solish, Benjamin S. (author)

Conference:

AIAA Space 2008 Conference and Exhibition ; 2008 ; San Diego, CA, United States

Publication date :

2008-09-09

Type of media :

Conference paper

Type of material :

No indication

Language :

English

Keywords :

Retain , Workforce , Administration And Management , Development , Small Project , Hiring , Retention