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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Information Technology (IT)
They are talking about this topic: Current Continuing Education
The quotes below are about this issue:
Incumbent employees are expected and encouraged to take the initiative in learning new technologies and introducing them to employers.
| "Our folks are self-motivated. They get a lot of the information from their own research to help guide us in the direction that we're going to go with our technology." | Northwest |
| "Employer: It just depends on the topic, but there's a lot that's self-taught. The technology just changes so fast and there's so much information available. If somebody's motivated and willing to learn things and take the initiative and do those things, then they are the ones that will excel. Question: So, in this industry in particular, it sounds like you don't have to take it upon yourself to do all the training, but if you do you're going to... Employer: Then we're going to say, 'Hey, why don't you take a few hours and learn about such-and-such and let me know what you think of this.' That often happens." |
Northwest |