Bad News: Graduates lack basic skills and are more interested in 'what a job can do for them, not what they have to offer an employer'

 

• Survey of 127 bosses including BT, Tesco and Department for Busines
• More than two-thirds of bosses said graduates cannot handle customers
• Many of them expect to ‘get rich quick’ after being ‘damaged’ by fame culture

*

 

 

There are always jobs at the grocery store…..

By Andrew Levy

Most new graduates lack even the basic skills needed for the workplace, complain major employers.

More than two-thirds of bosses said they cannot handle customers while half said they cannot operate independently.

Half of companies said university leavers struggle with basic English and nearly two-fifths claim they cannot do simple maths.

 

Failing: More than two-thirds of bosses said they cannot handle customers while half said they cannot operate independently

Many firms said jobseekers expected to ‘get rich quick’ after being ‘damaged’ by the instant fame culture created by reality TV and talent shows.

Employers also complained that graduates were more interested in ‘what a job can do for them, not what they have to offer an employer’.

Deloitte, HSBC, BT and Tesco, as well as the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, were among 127 employers surveyed.

More…

• Facebook is the worst social network for bullying with 19-year-old BOYS the most common victims
• Ten pupils as young as 11 fall ill at secondary school ‘after taking legal high’

More than half were having difficulty filling vacancies and most will spend more on training to bring recruits up to standard.

But the research commissioned by BPP, which trains professionals, added that 91 per cent of firms were happy with applicants’ IT skills.

John Cridland, director-general of the Confederation of British Industry, said schools had become ‘conveyor belts’ with too little emphasis on wider skills and attitudes.

 

Lacking: The survey of 127 employers, included companies such as Tesco, and it found that many graduates lack basic skills

He said: ‘Rigorous standards are vital but there’s been too little emphasis on the wider skills and attitudes that employers demand.

‘Instead of trying to push students over the grade C line at GCSE, we need a system which prizes rounded and grounded young people.’

And Dr Adam Marshall, director of policy at the British Chambers of Commerce, said broadening the workforce’s skills was a ‘priority’.

‘Businesses tell us they lack confidence in our education system’s ability to deliver basic literacy and numeracy skills,’ he added.

‘But employers also want to see young people with a strong worth ethic, and “softer” skills like timekeeping, and communication, which are fundamental in the work environment.

‘It’s essential that when young people leave the education system they have at least the basic skills that employers need.’

BPP chief executive Carl Lygo said the poll showed employers were looking for reliable staff who could immediately make a contribution to their business.

‘It seems that graduates and apprentices are keen and IT literate but that’s not enough. They need to be ready for the real world of work,’ he said.

John F. Kennedy:  “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”

Above: Ronald Reagan changed the world when he went to Berlin in 1987 when he said, “Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” No American leader has had any similar foreign policy “moment” for a long time.

 

Barack Obama seems to be saying, “It isn’t my fault you don’t have a job and you have no skills. You will have health care (and the taxes to pay for it)….”

 

 

“You could study SPANISH! More people need to speak that each day…”

Related:

Are Americans Now Destined to be Poor, Dependent Upon Government, Burdened by Taxes and with Little Voice in the World?

(Obama’s New World)

China State Media: “China Not Responsible For America’s Decline” but “The American Endeavour is Over”

80% of New York High School Grads Can’t Read Despite Being No. 1 in School Spending

 For Former Vice President Al Gore, The World is Spinning Out of Control

New York Times: “Let’s Give Up on the Constitution”

Income of American Worker Drops Most in 20 Years

Obama Facing Pessimistic Public: Most American Believe The Best Years of America are Over

Business Owners Have Anxiety, Uncertainty, Fear Over New taxes, Obamacare — Delays Investments, Growth, Expansions

Detroit Out Performing Some African Hell Holes in Education, Mismanagement, Poverty: Only 7% of Detroit Public-School 8th Graders Proficient in Reading; Only 4% Proficient in Math

 America’s sadness belt: Alarming map shows residents in South and Midwest are far more likely to be depressed, obese and hate their jobs

What is The Digital Age Doing To Our Minds?

Great News: Applying For ObamaCare is “Harder Than Doing The Toughest Customer’s Taxes” H.R. Block Says

Obama’s America: 46,609,072 People on Food Stamps in 2012; Record 47,791,996 in December

*

Above: China’s state run media was overjoyed to display this photo today all over Xinhua depicting the retired space shuttle as a symbol of fading American superpower status next to a “Vote Obama” sign….. A Chinese friend called us to say, the symbolism is clear: ”The American Endeavour is Over”….

Tags: "Mister Gorbachev tear down this wall", Ask not what your country can do for you ask what you can do for your country, basic literacy, basic math skills, basic skills, culture, education, education system’s to train workers, employers need, fundamentals in the work environment, graduates not ready to work, jobless, jobs, John F. Kennedy, new graduates lack even the basic skills, News, Obama, politics, poor education, prosperity gone, real world of work, Ronald Reagan, Tesco, unemployment, workers can't work, workers unable to work