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New research has shown (in the US at least) that 89% of college graduates believe they are ready for the real world but businsesses don't share their optimism, only 34% of businsesses said they believed college graduates were ready.
So what makes students so confident yet 2/3rds of businsesses so unimpressed?
Do you think the new generation is too focused on Snap-Chat and WWE and Memes and is not prepared for things like Taxes, Stock trading, long work hours?
Or do you think businsesses are underestimating the best and brightest America has to offer.
And what do you think causes this divide in attitude?
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Do you believe college graduates are ready for 'The Real World'?
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So what makes students so confident yet 2/3rds of businsesses so unimpressed?
Do you think the new generation is too focused on Snap-Chat and WWE and Memes and is not prepared for things like Taxes, Stock trading, long work hours?
Or do you think businsesses are underestimating the best and brightest America has to offer.
And what do you think causes this divide in attitude?
^ Hey now that's completely unfair.
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I think a big part of it is the perception from watching the news about places like Berkeley where students riot whenever they don't like someone who is set to speak. This leads to the perception that college age people just can't handle disagreement in a rational manner, which is an important skill in the business world.
You have to be able to deal with people without flying off the handle and just shouting to drown them out in order to be successful in business.
I'm not saying all college students are like this, only that the media has painted a picture of college age students that is like this.
You have to be able to deal with people without flying off the handle and just shouting to drown them out in order to be successful in business.
I'm not saying all college students are like this, only that the media has painted a picture of college age students that is like this.
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QassTank posted...
I think a big part of it is the perception from watching the news about places like Berkeley where students riot whenever they don't like someone who is set to speak. This leads to the perception that college age people just can't handle disagreement in a rational manner, which is an important skill in the business world.
You have to be able to deal with people without flying off the handle and just shouting to drown them out in order to be successful in business.
I'm not saying all college students are like this, only that the media has painted a picture of college age students that is like this.
^ Hey now that's completely unfair.
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Some are, some aren't.
I think if businesses aren't happy with graduates, they should be taking a more active role in education instead of sitting on their hands and bitching about it.
I think if businesses aren't happy with graduates, they should be taking a more active role in education instead of sitting on their hands and bitching about it.
I cant imagine how most of them are going to survive the real world, considering how easily their fee-fees get hurt in college.
Their answer to anything that they dont like seems to be rioting, burning things and calling people ______ists...
Their answer to anything that they dont like seems to be rioting, burning things and calling people ______ists...
knutjob posted...
They answered a survey dude, they didn't go out campaigning
Some are, some aren't.
I think if businesses aren't happy with graduates, they should be taking a more active role in education instead of sitting on their hands and bitching about it.
They answered a survey dude, they didn't go out campaigning
^ Hey now that's completely unfair.
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Depends on whether they actually buy into the left-wing indoctrination. The ones who think that's going to fly in the real world are in trouble. The ones who laugh it off will be fine.
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Lol I'm not a college graduate but I'm around that typical age range.
I definitely didn't feel ready for the real world
I definitely didn't feel ready for the real world
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Nah this rhetoric has been around for at least a decade.
knutjob posted...
Some are, some aren't.
I think if businesses aren't happy with graduates, they should be taking a more active role in education instead of sitting on their hands and bitching about it.
They answered a survey dude, they didn't go out campaigning
Nah this rhetoric has been around for at least a decade.
Not even close. Very few actually teach you basic life skills you need as an adult and you can't trust parents to impart that knowledge.
Some are. Some aren't.
I wouldn't hire someone that had just got put of college but never had a job because I'd assume they were an idiot that wouldn't last long.
I wouldn't hire someone that had just got put of college but never had a job because I'd assume they were an idiot that wouldn't last long.
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Most are. The crazy SJWs are in the minority.
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Funkydog posted...
Like what? College teaches critical thinking and research skills which cover 90% of life.
Not even close. Very few actually teach you basic life skills you need as an adult and you can't trust parents to impart that knowledge.
Like what? College teaches critical thinking and research skills which cover 90% of life.
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justaguy3492 posted...
Basic life things. Getting out a loan/credit card. Dealing with paying bills, getting a mortgage etc. All just some good things that could be lessons for people whose parents don't teach them these necessary things.
Funkydog posted...
Not even close. Very few actually teach you basic life skills you need as an adult and you can't trust parents to impart that knowledge.
Like what? College teaches critical thinking and research skills which cover 90% of life.
Basic life things. Getting out a loan/credit card. Dealing with paying bills, getting a mortgage etc. All just some good things that could be lessons for people whose parents don't teach them these necessary things.
Funkydog posted...
In architecture school they taught you how to design but not how to create real CDs and deal with code.
You have to learn that through internships and work experience. Definite dont really prepare you for the professional world without outside supplementing
justaguy3492 posted...
Funkydog posted...
Not even close. Very few actually teach you basic life skills you need as an adult and you can't trust parents to impart that knowledge.
Like what? College teaches critical thinking and research skills which cover 90% of life.
Basic life things. Getting out a loan/credit card. Dealing with paying bills, getting a mortgage etc. All just some good things that could be lessons for people whose parents don't teach them these necessary things.
In architecture school they taught you how to design but not how to create real CDs and deal with code.
You have to learn that through internships and work experience. Definite dont really prepare you for the professional world without outside supplementing
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Funkydog posted...
None of the things you listed are difficult and can easily be learned on your own. Should they teach you that you have to cut your food into small pieces before eating it too?
Basic life things. Getting out a loan/credit card. Dealing with paying bills, getting a mortgage etc. All just some good things that could be lessons for people whose parents don't teach them these necessary things.
None of the things you listed are difficult and can easily be learned on your own. Should they teach you that you have to cut your food into small pieces before eating it too?
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justaguy3492 posted...
Many people do struggle with fully understanding and getting to grips with it. I don't think some basic education around it would be amiss in a general sense, even if many of us have no issue with it.
And kids are taught to cut their food up before eating it (admittedly by their parents, but still)
Funkydog posted...
Basic life things. Getting out a loan/credit card. Dealing with paying bills, getting a mortgage etc. All just some good things that could be lessons for people whose parents don't teach them these necessary things.
None of the things you listed are difficult and can easily be learned on your own. Should they teach you that you have to cut your food into small pieces before eating it too?
Many people do struggle with fully understanding and getting to grips with it. I don't think some basic education around it would be amiss in a general sense, even if many of us have no issue with it.
And kids are taught to cut their food up before eating it (admittedly by their parents, but still)
I believe you can't generalize an entire group just cause they happen to have finished college recently.
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