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The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Information Technology (IT)

They are talking about this topic: Current Continuing Education

 

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While some employers send incumbent employees off-site for training, many have professional development units that develop in-house training. Vendor training is frequently used for new software/technologies that businesses purchase.

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"In some cases, we have provided training to our employees. We were looking to get some state grant dollars when we worked with [MnSCU college]. Over the last couple of years, we did quite a bit of training with our employees. But, in some cases, we look for our employees to take the initiative to say, 'This is what's happening with my field and this is the training or education I need to get.' We certainly will help our employees with tuition reimbursement programs." Southwest
"Our tuition reimbursement program has scaled back over the last couple of years. When we had a fairly lucrative tuition reimbursement program, I would say we had three or four students involved in that program, and the company was basically reimbursing their degrees. That was about it. So, I would say it's pretty small. I think sometimes employees are looking for employers to kind of push them in the direction they need to be going in. I mean, there will always be employees that will take the initiative themselves." Southwest
"Generally, experts within our company would do the training. We have many technical experts in certain applications. So, once or twice a year, certain groups of people get together and then training programs are offered through a two- or three-day seminar session. There are also all different types of industry training courses offered out there, either online or by attending somewhere." Southwest