It’s no secret that the jump from college to employment is huge. But just how huge is it now? Considering how globalized and technologically-rooted modern businesses are, pretty huge. Countless interviews and think-pieces have been devoted to lamenting the fact that colleges simply aren’t adequately preparing grads for jobs. Alina Tugend, a mother of a recent graduate, expressed her worries over the issue.
The problem seems mainly to be that college students are taught to problem-solve at the college level, not at the employment level. This means grads are unprepared in areas such as written and oral communication, time management and flexibility. Though today’s college students are competent in technological proficiency, it’s not doing them as many favors as they’d like.
But does the fault lie exclusively with colleges, or are employers asking too much by expecting graduates to dive in head first? There doesn’t seem to be much communication between the two as far as what employers think colleges should be doing differently. If that means companies need to train their employees differently, so be it. Regardless, in today’s competitive job market, well-rounded graduates fresh out of college seem to be rare gems.
Published by Conselium Executive Search, the global leader in compliance search.
