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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:
Employers would like to see more mechanical engineers with hands-on experience in facilities and with production equipment and in specific industries.
| "It's almost impossible to find a mechanical engineer who knows automated packaging equipment. Not completely impossible, but almost." | Northwest |
| "If someone—fresh out of college as a mechanical engineer—could come into our facilities and know what we're doing and what the requirements are, that would definitely be helpful. But there are so many industries out there, so it would be difficult for educators to prepare students for every industry, we understand that." | Northwest |
| "If a mechanical engineer has worked for another company, they may require a higher salary and that's just not feasible for us; that's what the issue is." | Northwest |