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they handle pressure and get along
with others, relying more on ap
plicants who have already proved
them selves in internships and co
op jobs in which students work
while attending school, and orga
nizing contests that reveal how
stu d e n ts so lv e p ro b lem s and
handle deadline pressure.
"It used to be that the interview
itself was where you made or broke
your chances with a com pany,"
says Dan Black, head of cam pus
recruiting in the Am ericas for the
accounting and consulting firm
Ernst & Young. "Now the assess
ment is a much longer and broader
process.
The hiring process is more in
ten se b ecau se e m p lo y ers the
world over are more demanding.
They've always needed people
with specific technical skills. Those
remain important, but employers
want something more - the soft
skills that determine whether recruits
can get along with co-workers, ar
ticulate ideas, engage in critical
thinking and solve problems on the
fly. In short, whether employees
can make the transition from class
room to workplace.
Globally, em ployers say it's
hard to find that right com bina
tion of hard and soft skills. J ust 43
percent of the .2,832 em ployers
th e
g lo b a l
c o n s u lta n c y
M cKinsey & Co surveyed in nine
countries in Europe, Asia, the
M iddle East and the Am ericas
said they could find enough
skilled entry-level workers.
Mona Mourshed, leader of the
education practice at McKinsey,
remembers one employer saying:
"’I have never fired an engineer for
bad engineering, but I have fired
an engineer for lack of teamwork.'
... People have to work together.
They have to collaborate."
A survey of employers released
in April by the Association of
American Colleges and Universi
ties found that 93 percent of the
respondents reported that a ca
pacity to think critically, communi
cate clearly and solve complex prob
lems was more important than an
undergraduate major.
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