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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 say that professionalism is sometimes lacking in new hires. This includes work ethic, quality of work, and realistic expectations of the work environment.
| "It's the soft skills—the problem-solving skills, the attention to detail, the professionalism—we've experienced a definite lack of some of those things in students or recent graduates. The way they dress and the way they talk. If we ask them to fill out an application, they don't have all of the things that they need. So, some of those things." | Southwest |