From the various people who I interact with in my life it is clear to see that employers remain wary of employing young people/ graduates. One key reason for this caution is the concern that many employers have, that younger people either don’t have or are losing or have lost the ability to verbally communicate with others.
The preference of a large faction of people in their twenties to use digital devices for virtually all of their communications is having a dire effect on their ability to “talk” with others – to form and nurture positive relationships; and this communication shortcoming/ deficit is causing many employers not to employ this demographic.
Astute employers remain mindful of the need for representatives of their business (particularly salespeople) to have a natural ability to meet and talk face-to-face with others – particularly customers. As I have explained to tertiary students who are working their way through either a commerce degree or a diploma (or similar), if after committing to their first work role (which is likely to be a relatively “low order” position in the organisation structure) they have aspirations to improve their work station/ position within the organisation that they’ve joined, then they must be able to demonstrate proficiency at communicating in a way that causes strong positive connections with key stakeholders (clients/ colleagues) to occur and be sustained.
The strongest connection between people occurs when people meet and talk face-to-face. If you want to demonstrate your potential to be a manager/ leader to your employer, then start by showing your employer your communication prowess. Those who don’t possess or develop this vital trait/ strength are unlikely to be successful in their bid to be assigned/ promoted to leadership positions.