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Survey finds college grads lack professionalism

But they have Brobdingnagian self-esteem!

The survey found they were not measuring up in areas such as interpersonal skills, communication, work ethic, professional appearance and self-confidence, said pollster David Polk, also a professor of behavioral science at York College.

"Those who cited a decrease pointed to a young worker's sense of entitlement for the job, changes in culture and values and lack of work ethic among new workers," a news release about the survey said.

Sixty-one percent of those surveyed reported that the sense of entitlement among first-year graduates had increased over the past five years, saying that recent grads believed they were entitled to rewards without having to expend any effort to earn them.

Business leaders also complained, according to the release, that many recent college graduates had a hard time accepting personal responsibility for their decisions and lacked the ability to act independently.

http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_13634539?source=rss



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