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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 look for new hires who possess strong communication skills, both written and verbal. These skills are often lacking. Some employers attribute this to younger generations having less experience with face-to-face communication.
| "We hire mechanical, civil, and electrical engineers. And I'd say the civil engineers have more of the soft skills than the mechanical engineers do. Just because of the—I'd have to assume the program. I think they have projects where they do public speaking and those types of things." | Southwest |
| "It amazes me how many candidates don't do their research on the company. I think they have the working skills, but a lot of the interview skills are sometimes missing. And that affects your perception of them." | Southwest |