Nowadays business face problems with new employees who have just finished their education and lack some interpersonal skills such as the ability to work in a team. What do you think is the main cause of the problem? How can it be resolved?

Recently businesses have been facing a lot of problems with freshers, mainly in the area of interpersonal

skills

and

team work

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.

This

is rooted in the increasing competition, online education and

lack

of empathy. Over the past decade, there has been a substantial rise in online education and the availability of resources online. Concurrently, students need lesser help from their fellow companions for problem-solving or resource sharing.

Thus

boiling down their friendships to mere competitions when it comes to education and jobs.

Furthermore

, the increasing cost of living and difficulty to find jobs fuel the fire of

this

competition.

Subsequently

, when they start as new joiners

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a

lack

of need to work in a

team

and always trying to prove themselves better than others, causes them to

lack

the

team-spirit

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and interpersonal

skills

needed in a good working environment. Various organisations have started mandating interpersonal

skills

training during the onboarding period.

This

helps the new joiners not only learn the

skills

needed to function in an organisation but

also

explain the ways to effectively communicate.

In addition

, regular

team

-bonding exercises can

also

help in breaking the ice among the new joiners and seniors,

thus

establishing personal connections among the employees. Parallely, organisations can start a buddy system through which each new joiner has to work

initially

with a buddy for his or her first few assignments

this

would help not only train the newbie but

also

help him adapt to working in a

team

.

For instance

, some companies, do mock emergency drills in teams of size 2 to 4 every time a new person joins. Conclusively, the

lack

of empathy learning opportunities in schools and universities, paired with increasing competition leads to students being individual performers. And

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missing interpersonal

skills

can be taught to them via mandatory training,

team

assignments, buddy systems and mock drills.