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MSN Money
The Class of
2015 Isn’t Ready to Join the Workforce
Fiscal Times
Beth Braverman
The improving economy means that more employers are offering decent
jobs to the Class of 2015, but many of those new graduates don’t feel
ready to join the working world.
Only 35 percent of students believe that college was effective in
preparing them for a job, and even fewer — 20 percent — feel very
prepared to enter the workforce, according to the 2015 Workforce
Readiness Survey by McGraw Hill Education.
More than half of students surveyed said they never learned to write a
resume in college or how to conduct themselves in a job interview.
Nearly 60 percent said they didn’t know how to network or search for a
job.
The job market has loosened up this year — employers expect to hire
nearly 10 percent more new college graduates this year than last year...
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