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Don’t hire people you have to teach how to be professional. I know exactly what you’re talking about and it usually shows itself in the interview process. In the past year I’ve brought on 2 college grads and while they needed gentle guidance on a couple of things they were always professional. They took it upon themselves to learn how to be before entering the job market.
I will spend endless time teaching hard skills - things they cannot possibly know. But professionalism? They can develop that on their own. I’d rather hire someone who is sharp & has manners with no college degree than an educated person who couldn’t be bothered to learn how to be polite.
Yeah. Hire me. I’ve been a graphic designer for 30 years now. I don’t know everything, but I know enough to be useful right out of the gate!
Recommend mentorship programs to them as a professional development opportunity. Teaching professionalism shouldn't be a requirement to early mentorship aside from the occasional harmless professional faux pas.
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This made me curious. This seems like an emerging need. If you were to create a business etiquette course, what topics would it need to cover?
As a recent grad. These are not topics focused on in classes or even internships. College has really shifted to gaining as much knowledge as possible and grinding as entry level jobs are expecting 4 years of experience. So a chance to learn soft skill hasn’t been valued as we are focused on just trying to meet the market. Give student grace. A lot of them also went to school durning Covid asynchronously and even internships so if not just a simple touch base they ran independent. Don’t fail the incoming class because the system has already failed them. Break it now and trust they will appreciate it.