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Is it all the schools' fault?
Q. Why should our business
organizations have to re-train and re-educate our new hires?
I say, "If the primary and secondary schools made an effort to do
their jobs, we would have no business training needs
whatsoever."
Do you agree?
A. Overall, we disagree with your assertion.
Yes, it's shocking how high school and college graduates lack
basic reading, writing, speaking, math, and reasoning skills. However,
throwing the ball back on the school's side of the net won't materially change
the situation.
Go talk to
teachers in your local schools and they will give you an earful
about the teaching challenges they face. Yes, many educators
could do better, but they face challenges ranging from uninvolved
parents to the modern media glamorizing shortcuts, sarcasm, contempt and
destruction.
Secondly, even if all high school graduates could
read, write, and do math well (and if all college graduates had good
general business skills) you would still need to train your
employees on items specific or proprietary to your business.
We think the best bet is to get involved in your local
schools however you can, AND plan appropriate training in the workplace.
You will probably find it a frustrating, uphill battle, but there seem to be no
shortcuts.
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