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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Engineering
They are talking about this topic: Workforce Trends & Challenges
The quotes below are about this issue:
Perhaps more than other industries, employers in the engineering industry are having difficulty filling mid-level to senior-level positions. Several mention difficulty finding candidates with three to five years of experience. This may be a result of the recession. Students who graduated during the recession may not have been hired immediately and therefore have not had the opportunity to gain that experience.
| "For us, finding them at entry-level, we do fairly well. We've got relationships with the colleges. But we're looking for a mechanical engineer, kind of a practice builder, that mid-level 10 to 15 years of experience, and that's a long process." | Northeast |
| "Yeah, even finding someone in the five-year range of experience is difficult. When we first started looking for five years of experience, well, that's hard to find." | Northeast |