Employers of recent grads rate their skills

Employers of recent grads rate their skills (opinion) - Inside Higher Ed

All three of these groups identified critical thinking, inquiry and analysis, problem solving, teamwork, and written communication as top-ranked ...

64% of business leaders have concerns with hiring recent college ...

New research from the education and technology platform Intelligent, which surveyed 1,268 U.S. business leaders, found nearly two-thirds (64%) ...

The Career-Ready Graduate: What Employers Say about ... - AAC&U

Eight in 10 employers agree either strongly or somewhat that recent college graduates are well prepared overall to succeed in entry-level positions and to ...

Recruiters, Students Have Differing Views of New Grads' Career ...

February 6, 2024—Although new college graduates looking to enter the workforce and employers hiring these graduates agree on which ...

Employers value a college degree but think students lack some ...

But about 80% said they agreed graduates overall are ready for the workplace. The survey also found strong employer support for microcredentials ...

Are Recent Graduates Ready to Work? HR Professionals Say Yes.

Employers say: The most important skill a graduate can hold is ... Other top-rated skills are strong work ethic and reliability (87 ...

Recruiters and Students Have Differing Perceptions of New Grads ...

Asked to rate their level of proficiency in NACE's eight career readiness competencies, new graduates consider themselves most proficient in ...

Report Exposes the Reality of Entering Today's Workforce

... markets, half of all recent graduates have not applied to entry-level positions because they felt under-qualified and unsure of their skills.

Employers Say Recent College Graduates Lack Communication Skills

According to “Intelligent” a student life magazine, 53% of 789 surveyed employers said recent college graduates struggle with eye contact ...

1 in 6 Companies Are Hesitant To Hire Recent College Graduates

The most frequently cited reasons for why these hires didn't work out were a lack of motivation or initiative (50%), poor communication skills ( ...

Employers Think Students Lack in Key Characteristics - UofL

But only a little more than half of the respondents rated recent graduates either “very proficient” or “extremely proficient” in these competencies. (See ...

Companies Are Hiring Fewer College Grads—So Why Bother With ...

As it turns out, the skills-based hiring movement is more talk than action. Harvard Business School and the Burning Glass Institute recently ...

TOP 6 SKILLS EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR IN RECENT ...

According to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), 37% of employers intend on screening recent grad ...

How employers rate recent grads in career readiness may surprise ...

For example, employers rated the proficiency of oral and written skills for recent grads at 41.6 percent while students rated themselves ...

Top Qualities that Employers Seek in College Grads - MSU Billings

Employers taking part in the Job Outlook 2013 survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges & Employers rated applicants' solid knowledge of ...

EJ1221888 - Employers' Ratings of Importance of Skills and ... - ERIC

The purpose of this paper is to examine the skills employers look for in graduates before they hire them. Design/methodology/approach: Using a structured survey ...

Why Is It So Hard For Recent College Graduates To Find A Decent ...

Unemployed Or Overemployed ... A recent report by Intelligent, an online magazine dedicated to student life, revealed that 38% of employers avoid ...

New college grads face a cooling job market. Here's where the jobs ...

Hiring for freshly minted college grads is forecast to decline 6% from a year earlier, according to a recent survey of more than 200 employers.

Employers Say Students Aren't Learning Soft Skills in College - SHRM

Yet nearly 3 in 4 employers say they have a hard time finding graduates with the soft skills their companies need. In a 2019 report, the Society ...

Should you hire recent college graduates or experienced workers?

... the job description, be sure to evaluate soft skills and culture fit. Tip ... To calculate your employee turnover rate, you divide the number of employees ...