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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 speak of the ideal candidate as having a positive attitude, possessing professional values, expressing an interest in how things work and being self-motivated to learn new skills.
| "What involvement did they have while they were going to school? Did they treasure their engineering club? What kind of activities were they involved in? I like to see that on their resumes." | Northwest |
| "When we look at our candidates, we look not only at their skills, but their attitudes, their values, and things of that nature, too." | Northwest |
| "You could ask people what their interests are. Some people will say, 'I like ripping stuff apart to see how it works.' That is a good quality in an engineer." | Northwest |