Empathy WorkWho am I empathizing with?

The Problem:• School to Work Transition: Does the traditional path from

education to employment make sense today for the hundreds of millions of learners around the world?

My Interview Choice

An employer:Had recently left university. Has worked in his job for 3 years and is now hiring new graduates,

Say

A graduate came to the interview with his mother. Who brings his mother to an interview? I can’t believe how much handholding the new graduates need. I didn’t need that!They expect a ridiculous salary and benefits !They’re not prepared to put in the time required to move up in the company. They expect to start at the top.They are more interested in the perks than actually working.They don’t have much practical experience, even in such simple things as having waited tables. They don’t have great people skills.They’re not use to doing menial tasks that can be associated with a job.

Think• He thinks that graduates are well educated to think and

produce in an academic environment but have little real world practical experience.

• Their parents have not allowed them to do anything for themselves. They don’t know how to fill out forms and take care of themselves as the parents have always been riding to the rescue.

• He thinks they have unrealistic expectations of what the world of work is actually like.

Feel• He feels sorry for graduates since they have a lot of academic

skills but no practical skills• He is glad that his parents made him take care of himself and

make his own way through school and into the job market• He feels that students are unprepared for work• He is impressed with the civic commitment and engagement

new graduates display