Bentley University’s PreparedU Project:
- Fifty-nine percent of business decision-makers and 54 percent of corporate recruiters give recent graduates a grade of C or lower for preparedness in their first job.
Why? There’s a disconnect between business decision-makers and corporate recruiters in what it means to be prepared.
- Students define preparedness as “being prepared in general.” Business decision-makers and corporate recruiters define preparedness more specifically: work ethic, adaptability, a good attitude, respectfulness and maturity.
- Six in ten business leaders give recent grads a C or lower on their soft skills. Only 22 percent of recent grads would agree.
- Business leaders rank integrity, professionalism and positive attitude as the most important soft skills while students rank those significantly lower.
- A slight majority (52 percent) of recent graduates identify a college degree as a virtual guarantee of success. Only 28 percent of business decision makers agree.
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