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Employer Quotes

The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Information Technology (IT)

They are talking about this topic: Needs & Challenges in Continuing Education

 

The quotes below are about this issue:
Fewer employers say that they are either not hiring or have not had difficulty in filling openings.

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"Question: And are you finding people?

Employer: So far we have, yes."
Northwest
"Question: Are you at least getting enough applicants?

Employer: I think so."
Southwest
"Question: Are you getting qualified applicants who have the right background?

Employer: Yeah. I think three years ago we'd maybe do 30 interviews for four or five positions, and there'd usually be four or five qualified people. Today, I do about 50 or 60 interviews for four or five positions and I think maybe 10 would be qualified. So, at least for our needs, we're finding what we need."
Southwest
"Question: So, those folks who have just graduated, there are plenty of them?

Employer: There's a reasonable supply. Yes."
Northeast
"We probably don't hire a lot, no." Northwest
"With this internship program, which spreads across all of them, we just went through and hired a couple of technos in the last year-and-a-half. And during that entire process we saw no shortage of resumes coming through. So, I mean, the data that you have—that we're producing enough people is, from what I can see from the resumes comings through, then—yeah—there's enough people." Central