Holy Ghost

If you're an employer or have a stake in the recruitment of new, school-leaver and graduate employees, please share your experience of candidates' literacy, numeracy and ability to communicate.

It may not be statistically significant, but it would be interesting to learn what's happening in the real world.

Thanks & have a good bank holiday.

Holy Ghost

Thanks for voting. Keep going. I know it's not gripping stuff but it's important ...

Luan Pra bang

People who work through college/school generally have an acceptable level of the skills mentioned, those that have dubious patchy work history tend to have issues with communication, numeracy and spelling. In a modern working environment, most of the time, being able to add up and spell can be overcome with technology. Being able to deal with people and having a good work ethic are more important. On occaision peoples lack of basic Maths/English/geography/History knowledge is unbelievable but rarely to the point that it effects their ability to work.

TelBoy

So that'll be occasion and people's, will it?

Holy Ghost

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you naughty boy. let's put those down to haste and move on ...

TelBoy

Christ i normally have to pay to be spoken to like that

Holy Ghost

and i still have your credit card ..

MJW

I'm an employer but we also take quite a lot of kids on work experience. Their skills vary vastly & it's usually dependent on which school they're from.

exvaux

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im not an employer as such but ive had to take on an apprentice through work and its quite scary how slowly someone can be to pick up basic skills,i mean if the spanner wont turn the bolt,maybe try a spanner that fits it

Kieran_Burns

iTrader: (1)

Apostrophe Protection Society

Bugger. Quoted the wrong one!

Anyway - it still applies

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

The last English teenager we employed turned up an hour late on his first day,had to ask what half of eleven was. And walked out 3 hours later.

billythekid

Its very much swings and roundabouts I think and depends what industry you are in I guess.

We tend to get the dregs here, and although some of our guys are intelligent, others are down right thick, and not through trying, just down to sheer laziness IME, mostly the under 25 y/o group I find.

Having said that, I have meet quite a few very well off older people (40 - 50 years old) who cant write or read very well, if at all.

I also think a lot of the problem stems from the toleration of poor behaviour and lack of effort. It seems to be accepted that people will do just the minimum these days, be it in school or at work. I have a couple of staff like this, give them a task to do and they will do it as slowly as possible and with as little effort as possible. They are in for a shock on the 29th when they get their notice.

The other issue I have with education is that too much time is spent on educating people in areas where they will never need the information rather than the basics. I think a lot of this is done in the work place too, its assumed people can do their jobs, when in fact a lot of people dont know how to do their job and just "wing it". On top of doing their job they have to go on courses on how to use a stapler etc which just adds to their confusion / lack of effort.

oldsplice

On our section notice board this week........

Maturnaty

Analise

Holiday's


And that's from our managers (or should that be manager's ? )

Luan Pra bang

One is a typo the other a deliberate mistake.... .................................................. .................................Kind of

billythekid

I saw this in a car park...

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k

I have a photo on my phone, must put it up some time!