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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Information Technology (IT)
They are talking about this topic: General Skills
The quotes below are about this issue:
Employers look for individuals who are passionate about the field and are self-motivated to learn new technologies.
| "We see such a rapidly changing landscape that we need people who can adapt to change. If they have specific skills today, those skills are going to be different in a year or two, so people need to be able to learn and figure things out on their own." | Northeast |
| "Employer: We've found success with the people that have the background from school, but are learners themselves. During nights and weekends, they play around and learn things themselves. That's the stuff that makes a good employee compared to someone who's just going to do their job. Question: So, are you saying that the formal training may be less important? Employer: To some degree, yes. I think they need that base, but where we've found success is with people who love it, and invest their own time into it." |
Northeast |
| "You need people who just really have a passion for it, and they want to engage in that. But it's a marrying of marketing as well as technology, and it's complex." | Northeast |
| "Well, I think the big thing now is finding those people with a passion for learning, and who have the critical thinking skills. They're going to be able to move as things move, and they're going to be on top of the technology as it's changing, and trying to react to it constantly." | Northeast |
| "It's teaching students how to learn. How to be lifelong learners." | Northeast |
| "You need flexibility. If I just know how to do a job, that job is going to change. So, we need someone who can change along with those technologies, who can be flexible, who is able to learn, and who is open to new things and new ideas." | Northeast |
| "It's nice to know that new hires can move, change, and adjust. And that they're flexible. But they're not going to be able to be everything to everybody." | Northeast |
| "You're also going to have your 'rainmakers,' as I call them, who are going to be out there seeking out new technology and mastering that, and learning how to deliver that. To me, it's a mindset difference not an educational difference. It's part of who they are, and part of their character. They think, 'Okay, I know this. I've mastered this. It now bores me and I'm done with it. I want something new.' I don't know that those are teachable aspects as much as they are just character." | Northeast |