president marie lynch says the top requirement is good people skills. >> you could have someone who was working at a bank who was doing a lot of customer service, doing a lot of client interaction, or just a very frndlyosite person w had to develop that skill set. >> reporter: 46-year-old berlinda verges thinks 20 years as an executive assistant prepared her for coding. >> there's a lot of autonomy involved when you are supporting the upper echelon of management, and there's a lot of autonomy with this, and you just have to be resourceful. >> reporter: accretive has been hiring three out of four students it trains, and it hopes it can hold onto these workers, since demand for their skills is expected to remain robust for years. diane eastabrook, "nightly business report," chicago. >> tom: that's "nightly business report" for monday, february 6. i'm tom hudson. good night everyone, and good night to you too, susie. >> susie: good night tom. i'm susie gharib. good night everyone. we hope to see all of you again tomorrow night. "nightly business report" is made possible by: captioning spon