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College Students: Not as Ready as They Think

College Students: Not as Ready as They Think

Well, this isn’t encouraging. A new study finds that college students are feeling pretty gung-ho about entering the workplace, but employers are a little less so. This study found that 50% of college students believe they’re “very prepared for the workplace” as opposed to only 39% of hiring managers. Maybe even more telling, almost 75% of college students think their GPA is very important to their next job, but less than half of their future employers feel that way. So, stay in school but, you know, don’t expect it to overly prepare you for a job or anything …

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