The vast majority (94 percent) of business leaders who feel recent college graduates lack preparedness say they avoid hiring them at times. In fact, 7 percent say they do all the time, and 27 percent say most of the time. Additionally, 40 percent say they sometimes avoid hiring recent grads, while 20 percent say they rarely do. Only 6 percent of business leaders say they never do.
In the past 3 years, 39 percent of business leaders who don’t think recent college graduates are prepared say they’ve fired one. Of this group, 83 percent say they have fired more than one, and 5 percent have fired more than 10.
Survey results also indicate that among business leaders who feel recent graduates lack preparedness, 7 percent say they ‘always’ avoid hiring recent college graduates, 27 percent say ‘most of the time,’ and 40 percent say ‘sometimes.’
Furthermore, 62 percent of these respondents blame ‘culture’ for lack of preparedness, 50 percent say ‘parents,’ 48 percent say the ‘pandemic,’ and 46 percent say ‘educators.’
This press release originally appeared online.
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