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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Health Care
They are talking about this topic: General Skills
The quotes below are about this issue:
As health care moves toward a more team-oriented approach, employees need to be able to communicate effectively with other professionals, such as doctors, nurses, and social workers. Interpersonal communication and conflict resolution are frequently cited as crucial skills that are often lacking in new hires. Some employers attribute this to the younger generation having less experience with face-to-face communication.
| "Dealing with other employees and things like that—that is part of being a nurse—but they don't see that. They see the technical and medical sides of being a nurse, but not the person connected to the leadership part of it." | Central |
| "Sometimes I think they've done so much texting that they've forgotten how to talk." | Central |
| "Employer 1: Most of them don't know how to spell. I'm serious. Employer 2: It's very true. Employer 3: It's pretty sad. Employer 2: But they can text it to you. Employer 1: You know they spell 'you're' as 'ur.' Employer 2: They can text it to you. Employer 3: With their text language. Employer 1: They are so used to the texting that they forgot how to spell the word 'you're'." |
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