Broad recruiting strategy has Textron Aviation poised to hit hiring goals

Textron Aviation is utilizing a more varied recruiting approach to meet its hiring needs in a tight labor market.
Maggie Topping, senior vice president of human resources and communications at the local Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) division, said recently that approach has the manufacturer of Beechcraft and Cessna aircraft on pace to meet its goal of hiring 1,000 new workers in 2019.
And just as importantly, she said, it represents the realization that there is no silver bullet for filling its workf