some businesses find that their new employees lack basic interpersonal skills such as cooperative skills. what are the causes? suggest possible solutions

Some business organisations are discovering that their new employees do not possess basic interpersonal skills required in their

work places

a place where work is done

workplaces

. I believe

this

is majorly a result of the effect of high social media use in our society and inadequate life skills training in schools and tertiary institutions. It would require a collective effort from employers and education agencies to tackle

this

issue.

Firstly

, the increase in poor interpersonal skills among workers is directly a result of the general breakdown of human interaction with our environment due to increased time spent on social media technologies. People now spend more time communication over digital devices

such

as game forums, dating sites or blogs than they do actually spend time with real people.

This

has an adverse effect on how we relate

with

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to

individuals in the real world and of course would influence the way

such

persons

work

in the organisations.

Furthermore

,

schools place

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schools, place

little emphasis on soft skills

such

as

team

work but

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work, but

focus mainly on delivering technical knowledge to their students. They make their institutions too competitive and as

such

team

building and

team

work

cannot be learned in

such

environments. Students would eventually get hired due to their technical know-how but will not be able to

work

well with their co-workers. They may take every assignment to be a competition. In order to solve

this

problem, two things should be done.

Firstly

, business owners should ensure that new hires are not only employed because of their technical

ability but

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ability, but

the prospective employee should be able to showcase his or her soft skills too. They can

also

send staff on seminars to improve on it.

Secondly

, prioritising

team

building exercises in their curriculum would help a lot. In conclusion, the use of social media technology nowadays has reduced intercommunication and future employees are not learning

such

skills in their learning institutions. The solutions

therefore lies

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therefore lie

in employers honing it in their workers and for

such

institutions to include it in their activities.