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Companies Want Tech Skills and the Ability to Write in Complete Sentences
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/companies-want-tech-skills-ability-write-complete-sentences-n759746
The job market for new college graduates has finally seemed to shake off its recession-era doldrums, with one estimate putting inflation-adjusted salaries at 14 percent higher than pre-recession levels. While the growing demand for scarce STEM skills is one driver of this increase, HR experts say another, less-visible factor is the number of young adults who enter the workforce unable to handle a 40-hour workweek or send a grammatically correct email.
"It's hard for them to adjust to the working world," said Paula Harvey, vice president of human resources and safety at manufacturing company Schulte Building Systems and a member of the Society of Human Resource Management's talent acquisition special expertise panel.
New data from LinkedIn finds that top-paying jobs for new graduates are in finance — specifically, investment banking and equity research — along with hardware and software engineering and data science, with even more traditional industries like manufacturing competing with Silicon Valley for the most highly skilled workers.
"Demand for manufacturing skills at all levels is strong currently," a LinkedIn spokesperson said via email.
"The graduates coming out with the STEM degrees are well positioned to have higher starting wages than those who are not," said Mel Hennigan, vice president of people at Simplicity Corporation, a software platform that helps colleges close the "employability gap" with students, and who is also a member of the Society of Human Resource Management's talent acquisition special expertise panel.
Adulting Is Tough
The job market for new college graduates has finally seemed to shake off its recession-era doldrums, with one estimate putting inflation-adjusted salaries at 14 percent higher than pre-recession levels. While the growing demand for scarce STEM skills is one driver of this increase, HR experts say another, less-visible factor is the number of young adults who enter the workforce unable to handle a 40-hour workweek or send a grammatically correct email.
"It's hard for them to adjust to the working world," said Paula Harvey, vice president of human resources and safety at manufacturing company Schulte Building Systems and a member of the Society of Human Resource Management's talent acquisition special expertise panel.
New data from LinkedIn finds that top-paying jobs for new graduates are in finance — specifically, investment banking and equity research — along with hardware and software engineering and data science, with even more traditional industries like manufacturing competing with Silicon Valley for the most highly skilled workers.
"Demand for manufacturing skills at all levels is strong currently," a LinkedIn spokesperson said via email.
"The graduates coming out with the STEM degrees are well positioned to have higher starting wages than those who are not," said Mel Hennigan, vice president of people at Simplicity Corporation, a software platform that helps colleges close the "employability gap" with students, and who is also a member of the Society of Human Resource Management's talent acquisition special expertise panel.
Adulting Is Tough
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I can vouch that a lot of the interpersonal and communication skills can be harder for some people (like me). It's not something you can learn like programming or statistical formulas. But if you are a natural at client relationship management and cultivating new business opportunities, you can probably learn the hard skills through training. It's good to have balance of complementary skills and experiences.
And then you'll encounter people who are against training and think it keeps you from getting valuable work experience. Take that with a grain of salt. Some people really are trying to crab-barrel you. Ideally it's good to have both, like working somewhere and studying in the evenings and weekends.
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