The competition for today’s talent has never been more fierce. Young talent graduating and searching for a career are faced with a variety of options and most manufacturing companies are struggling to find ways to attract this needed talent to help them run and grow their business. The aluminum extrusion industry is no exception. Duncan Crowdis, leader of AEC’s Academic Engagement and New Talent Development Team and Shane Tredup of Custom Aluminum Products interview Savanah Kinney, a graduating engineering student with Illinois State University, to explore those seemingly elusive characteristics, both in the type of industry and the type of company, that attract today’s generation of students as they research options to start their career.