Some businesses find that their new employees lack basic interpersonal skills such as cooperative skills. What are the causes? Suggest possible solutions.

Recently, certain employers revealed that their fresh employees fail to display satisfactory

skills

when dealing with various stakeholders. In my perspective,

this

failure in social and interpersonal

skills

is influenced by the existing educational methodology, and certain positive curriculum moderations will solve

this

issue in the future. When underlying causes are concerned, one of the most prominent facts is the individualized education system in many learning institutes. Mainly, with the invention of

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distance learning technology, many students are allowed to learn from home, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic.

For instance

, number of the distance learners has increased by 850% in 2021 compared to 2019.

As a result

, these pupils have limited opportunities to collaborate with their peers.

In addition

,

due to

availability

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of various

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learning sources, the majority of students do not study as teams.

Hence

, when they become professionals after

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, they have no or less prior experience

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with people.

However

,

this

trend can be overturned by the educational authorities if they take necessary countermeasures immediately. Because these interpersonal

skills

can be taught in both universities and schools. They must include some lessons of personality and interpersonal

skills

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their curriculum

while

restricting the time for online lectures. The success of

this

methodology is proven in Sri Lanka, as few private engineering institutes initiated

this

,

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years ago, and the graduates who went through the soft skill enhancement lessons are in higher demand nowadays.

Furthermore

, employers

also

must have some internal training

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to improve the social and interpersonal

skills

of their newly joined employees with lesser

skills

. In conclusion, the problem of lack of soft

skills

of new generation employees has been mainly influenced by the lessening of teamwork in educational institutes.

Therefore

, to mitigate

this

issue, authorities must reduce the distance learning time

while

providing adequate lessons to develop students’ interpersonal

skills

.