Companies Tell Recruits: ‘Do your Homework’

Not Ready for Work: With all their exposure to new technologies, it would appear that young people entering the workforce from college would be uniquely equipped to step into good jobs in information technology and communications. This, however, is a myth, according to research compiled by the Sector Skills Council for IT & Telecom, a nonprofit organization in Great Britain. Around one in five employers cite gaps in technical skills and communications skills as reasons they aren’t employing new graduates in these jobs, with nearly 40 percent of companies are dissatisfied with the “level of business, non-technical and interpersonal skills” of new recruits.