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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 desire candidates with strong communication skills, both verbal and written. They look for new hires who possess interpersonal skills, which enable them to communicate professionally with their colleagues and work effectively on a team. These skills are often lacking. Some respondents attribute this lack to the younger generations having less experience with face-to-face communication.
| "You're the go-to person. For example, we have a...go-to person for everybody in that building. If that person can't function and communicate well, or if they're difficult to work with, you've got an issue. You can't run that way. If nobody's going to that person for help, somebody else is dealing with those issues, and that's definitely not good. You do everything you can during the interview process to try and pin that down because it's critical." | Northwest |
| "Going back to communication skills, they actually host training sessions for our staff on all of those basic Microsoft Suite programs—Word, Excel, Publisher, etc.—but from a communication standpoint, not only do they help people troubleshoot, but they actually teach our staff." | Northwest |