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I co-own a small management consulting firm in Toronto. We hire ~5 new college graduates per year, mostly from engineering and business programs at ON universities.

Over the last three hiring cohorts, we’ve noticed a real decline in oral communication, written communication, and general workplace professionalism among new hires. This is anecdotal so far, and I’m just starting to look into it more formally. Thought it was an interesting issue so wanted to share here for input.

My initial hyp is that this may simply be normal variance given our small sample size. Or could be a minor knock-on effect from COVID-era schooling.

Not yet assuming this requires major changes to our recruiting or onboarding process, but I’m wondering whether other owners are seeing something similar.

For those hiring recent graduates: have you noticed any of these trends over the last few years?

I co-own a small management consulting firm in Toronto. We hire ~5 new college graduates per year, mostly from engineering and business programs at ON universities.

Over the last three hiring cohorts, we’ve noticed a real decline in oral communication, written communication, and general workplace professionalism among new hires. This is anecdotal so far, and I’m just starting to look into it more formally. Thought it was an interesting issue so wanted to share here for input.

My initial hyp is that this may simply be normal variance given our small sample size. Or could be a minor knock-on effect from COVID-era schooling.

Not yet assuming this requires major changes to our recruiting or onboarding process, but I’m wondering whether other owners are seeing something similar.

For those hiring recent graduates: have you noticed any of these trends over the last few years?

I co-own a small management consulting firm in Toronto. We hire ~5 new college graduates per year, mostly from engineering and business programs at CAD universities.

Over the last three hiring cohorts, we’ve noticed a real decline in oral communication, written communication, and general workplace professionalism among new hires. This is anecdotal so far, and I’m just starting to look into it more formally. Thought it was an interesting issue so wanted to share here for input.

My initial hyp is that this may simply be normal variance given our small sample size. Or could be a minor knock-on effect from COVID-era schooling.

Not yet assuming this requires major changes to our recruiting or onboarding process, but I’m wondering whether other owners are seeing something similar.

For those hiring recent graduates: have you noticed any of these trends over the last few years?