2. The Problem:
• School to Work Transition: Does the traditional path from
education to employment make sense today for the hundreds
of millions of learners around the world?
3. My Interview Choice
An employer:
Had recently left university. Has worked in his job for 3 years and
is now hiring new graduates,
4. Say
A graduate came to the interview with his mother. Who brings
his mother to an interview? I can’t believe how much
handholding the new graduates need. I didn’t need that!
They expect a ridiculous salary and benefits !
They’re not prepared to put in the time required to move up in
the company. They expect to start at the top.
They are more interested in the perks than actually working.
They don’t have much practical experience, even in such simple
things as having waited tables. They don’t have great people
skills.
They’re not use to doing menial tasks that can be associated
with a job.
5. Think
• He thinks that graduates are well educated to think and
produce in an academic environment but have little real world
practical experience.
• Their parents have not allowed them to do anything for
themselves. They don’t know how to fill out forms and take
care of themselves as the parents have always been riding to
the rescue.
• He thinks they have unrealistic expectations of what the world
of work is actually like.
6. Feel
• He feels sorry for graduates since they have a lot of academic
skills but no practical skills
• He is glad that his parents made him take care of himself and
make his own way through school and into the job market
• He feels that students are unprepared for work
• He is impressed with the civic commitment and engagement
new graduates display
