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College does not prepare you for your first job. Universities offer too many choices of majors. Students choose liberal arts degrees because they don’t have the slightest clue what they want to do with their lives. Parents push their kids to do what they love rather than pushing them to be doctors, lawyers, or business executives like they did in the old days.

Posted On 09.08.08

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Erika with Qvisory
September 11, 2008 1:25 am

What a great idea! I think that the companies that allow employees to fraternize understand that this is the best way to keep employees satisfied and content to stick around. A rough day at work will always be rough, but it may not be the stick that breaks the camel's back if you have a friend at work to laugh about it with.

Ian
September 8, 2008 9:03 pm

I agree that training is very important & that's a great example of a company that understanding this.

Although seems to have less & less in-house or course training given to most in the last few year & there is actually less incentive for companies to do so. The other day, I saw a stats that says 70% of new grads leave their first job within 2 years.
http://blogs.bnet.com/bnet1/?p=578

The first response companies would think is: what's the point of spending so much money to train them, when they would job hop/leave in about 20 months? The funny thing is that due to less training, we have less loyalty or productivity (learning on the job takes more time).
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For students & companies, internship still seems to be the best option for learning/training.

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