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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Manufacturing
They are talking about this topic: General Skills
The quotes below are about this issue:
Employers look for new hires that are motivated, trainable, and willing to engage in lifelong learning in a continuously evolving industry.
| "We have to have somebody that's willing to learn. And somebody who understands that our way has to be the way to do it, so that there isn't this attitude of, 'Well, that isn't the way I was taught.' We want somebody who has the ability to follow directions." | Northeast |
| "It's something you have to want to do. You have to want to do a good job, and you have to realize that you can't take as long as you want to take to complete tasks." | Northeast |
| "Well, there are a variety of things we do at our company—there's additional testing, which includes aptitude and personality. In these categories, there's actually a craft test, a written test, and a hands-on test. Today, hiring a person is a million dollar investment, so you better be prepared to do your homework if you're going to spend that kind of money to onboard just one person. And we're talking, in the next five years, as many as 500 people. So, there's a lot of things that go into the hiring process right now, and there's a lot of things that eventually come together when we make a decision on who we onboard." | Northeast |