More businesses these days are finding recent college graduates transitioning into the workforce a little more difficult than usual.
A lot of these young adults were in the process of finishing up high school right as the pandemic hit, which means a lot of virtual learning, which means a lot of these folks simply didn’t learn how to conduct themselves in an in-person work environment.
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So, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal, a lot of companies are now offering their recently hired recent college graduates lessons in, amongst other things, how to send an e-mail, proper meal-time etiquette, appropriate topics to talk about at the office, really just basic social skills these kids couldn’t really develop because of the pandemic.
Some colleges have even begun offering lessons in proper workplace etiquette.
Marla McGraw, Michigan State University's director of career management, told the Journal that “companies need to be more direct when it comes to telling new hires what to wear and how to act in the office.”
MSU now requires many of its business majors to take classes that foster soft skills like how to network in person.
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