For a long time, there has been an emphasis on academics or technical skills when considering career preparation. But if you look at the data, these really aren’t the skills we should be focusing on. These skills are often referred to as “hard” skills, and are not a clear indicator of individual success and not what today’s employers are looking for in the employees they hire. In other words, if we’re really focusing on effective workplace readiness, we need to modify our strategy. There’s an old saying that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting […]
