Psychology Today | 29.09.2026 21:44
Cornell University recently released a report on the future of the American university. Among the many interesting findings in the report was the revelation that employers found new graduates lacking in certain abilities that make a good employee. It wasn’t that the new hires didn’t understand how to do their jobs; in this respect, they were fully qualified. It was rather that the new employees did not possess the “softer” skills that were essential for workers to have in an organization. Specifically, employers said that recent graduates were less than adequately prepared to deal with ambiguity, face criticism, bounce back from failure, and work with colleagues who saw a situation differently.
