So we're hiring more graduates, says the BBC. This is good news; when I left school in about 1807 there were 3.5 million unemployed and we were advised not to expect employment. I'm happy to see the back of those days, permanently.
But did anyone hear the man from the CBI on Vanessa Feltz' show on BBC London today? He was saying that employers are taking young people on, mostly from school, with loads of 'A' grades at GCSE and 'A' level and having to offer them remedial training in reading and maths before unleashing them on the job. They weren't able to solve problems or work in teams, he was saying.
I'm pleased, of course, that people are at least getting jobs. But at the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, could someone reassure me these reports about the calibre of the younger worker are exaggerated?
