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Embrace Innovation By Hiring Millennials

Embrace Innovation By Hiring Millennials

  • Steve Doerfler
  • Metalcraft Inc.

Our Evergreen company is 67 years old. If we didn’t continually embrace innovation, it would mean the end.

Maybe this sounds a little dramatic, but the strength of our company, Metalcraft Inc., rests on our ability to move forward with ideas, especially around technology. And we’ve found that the best way to find these new ideas is to hire the next generation. This is why six years ago, we took a young staff member’s suggestion to create an Innovation Team.

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