Jump-starting Careers

Apprentices at Lane’s Alternators & Starters in Groton are responsible for far more than just menial tasks. “Youth don’t know their capabilities yet,” Dale explains. So he challenges them on several different levels, and helps his apprentices discover what they are capable of. Apprentices learn everything about his business—from taking apart and reassembling electrical systems in starters and alternators, to management, to supply, to customer relations and sales. more . . .