Posts Tagged ‘Unemployable’

Employability of American Graduates

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

This week, rather than pound away at playing “good manager/bad manager,” I’d like to return to the idea of how American graduates relate to the corporate world.  I received some good input on the subject since posting my original thoughts, and some comments are definitely worth sharing.
Especially interesting is that, outside of technology-driven fields, there’s a different stereotype at work (more…)

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Process and Creativity

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Here I was, all set to talk about what management really is (or should be, in my opinion), and the Microsoft’s Indian partner plops this in our collective laps:  Most American Graduates are Unemployable.  Go ahead and read it.  I’ll wait here.

Ready?  Basically, since:

  • I’m an American programmer,
  • The criticism doesn’t really apply exclusively to programmers,
  • eManagr is about removing the burdens of process, and
  • Everybody else is screaming about these comments,

I might as well gripe, too.  At least admit that it’s better than another Michael Jackson tribute. (more…)

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