Week Six Blog: Tech Skills and Jobs
For this week's article, I read about the gaps between the skills college graduates have upon entering the workforce and the skills companies are requiring. While STEM like jobs are in high demand, Human Resource departments in various companies are seeing the lack of ability for new hires to work 40 hours a week or send an email free of grammar errors, which to me is scary! Essentially, companies cannot find young adults who are able to communicate on a professional level and work independently. This statement was included in the article by a spokeswoman and really stuck out to me: " That’s usually one of the bigger problems. They’re lacking in good business etiquette communication skills [and] they’re used to working in groups so sometimes getting them to work independently can also be another thing. Working on their own is more challenging to them”. While I was not shocked that young adults lost the capability to communicate professionally and work on their own, I thin