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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Engineering
They are talking about this topic: General Skills
The quotes below are about this issue:
Employers emphasize that consultation skills are essential for engineers. Engineers must be able to build relationships with clients. This includes listening and communicating their ideas in ways that establish rapport and facilitate agreed-upon solutions. These skills are not necessarily lacking, but employers look for these skills in strong candidates.
| "And they need to be able to talk to the customer because we also do embedded and custom controls, and you need to talk to people. A lot of times even just the sales people. They have to be able to communicate, and then write it down." | Northwest |
| "I like a person who is in the middle-of-the-road, not an introvert or a total extravert, just kind of in the middle where they're good at what they do. But, yet, they can communicate well if they need to talk to customers. You know, people who have the whole package, and we do have quite a few who are like that." | Northwest |