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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 would like to see more technologists who have business knowledge, particularly budgeting skills when consulting with clients. It is also important that technologists understand the organizational ramifications of their technical decisions when working with various businesses.
| "We're looking for degreed people who can manage budgets." | Southwest |
| "When we design a network, we also typically have to produce a budget for our customer that says, 'It's going to cost you X.' They have to develop a business plan to ensure that, if a client invests so many millions of dollars, that it's going to pay for itself in a given period of time. Or maybe it's an investment that needs to be deferred until later. So, it's not just the technical. The design, budget, the business planning—all those types of things—go into it." | Southwest |
| "They have to be able to have that customer interaction and be able to work with the customers. They also need some of those budgeting skills that we talked about as well, because they're going to be managing a project from start to finish. And they need to manage it so that we're not going over the cost associated with it." | Southwest |
| "They need the foundational skills. I mean, we're looking for someone with that passion and that drive for IT, good communication skills, and some good business knowledge." | Southwest |
| "We need basic business skills. Can they prepare a simple budget or something like that? Can they put all these components together and come up with a price or an estimate of cost? And can they give me a half-a-paragraph description of what that is—a summary or a synopsis?" | Southwest |
| "Something they haven't been exposed to—something they don't really think about—is the budget. They think that's not their job. Their job is to get the latest and greatest equipment. But there's always a budget. They need to understand that." | Southwest |