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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Financial Services
They are talking about this topic: Experience & Credentials
The quotes below are about this issue:
Accounting requires a two-year or four-year degree for entry-level positions. Bank tellers do not require a degree, but business majors are needed for higher-level personal banking positions.
| "Employer 1: We've had turnover, and we're filling our positions with people who are college graduates—but they're college graduates for something completely unrelated to finance. Employer 2: I am one of those. Employer 1: I am as well. I didn't go to school for finance or anything related to it. But we find that the people that would have the educational background to meet our positions aren't applying for our positions, so we're filling our more entry-level positions—our tellers and our bankers—with people who have degrees in something completely unrelated. We do a ton of promoting from within and training within as well, so those people move to the higher-end positions as well as in any field. Our employees have educational backgrounds that cover just about everything." |
Central |
| "Typically, we hire people with two-year degrees. If they're going to move up into management, they have to finish their four-year degree to get it. Again, this lifelong learning concept, that's the real key if they're going to move beyond what they're doing. The same for the four-year people." | Central |
| "Employer 1: We do have some positions in our outsourcing area for payroll services and accounting services, and those are good two-year degree positions. Employer 2: Are those in St. Cloud or in the Cities? Employer 1: It's in St. Cloud, in Brainerd, and all of our offices. Employer 2: We have at least one student working in Brainerd." |
Central |
| "We hire about everyone that the technical college can put out. We love them because they stay. Well, a lot of the St. Cloud State people go to Minneapolis. This is a stepping stone. We find that the technical college people tend to stay. So, we love the technical colleges." | Central |
| "It doesn't make a difference to us. We hire both two-year and four-year degrees." | Central |
| "Interviewer: What about on the public accounting side? Is the two-year... Employer: I think we've hired one two-year person in the last 10 years. We had a good experience. She's no longer with us. It's not something we would normally do...we tried something new to do it, so it's not something we would normally look for. Interviewer: So, your standard is a four-year degree? Employer: Yeah." |
Central |
| "Interviewer: Okay, you want a GPA of 3.5 or above. And will you take me if I'm coming right out of school? Employer 1: Absolutely, everyone. Almost 99 percent of the people we hire in app development are coming right out of four-year schools." |
Metro |
| "Employer 1: I would like to know, when you're speaking about the tellers, do you in general hire people with college degrees? Is it a requirement for the position in general? Employer 2: No. Employer 3: No." |
Metro |
| "We need business majors." | Metro |