During my precious experience as a graduate, I worked for multiple companies that shares few common mistakes. Mistakes that needed to be taken as a constructive lesson learned. - the ability to communicate well. And very often this message is taken negatively, even at managerial level. They isolate themselves by operating in a mentality way above the mentality of their graduates and lesser experienced staff. It was mentioned in the review of top ten struggling factors that a graduate faces in the industry. - the ability to retain trained staff. Reflecting the number of workers that quits due to frustration, any guessing how many people changes companies per year ?! - the lesson learned that never been implemented. Its shocking, and i had to include it because it seems to be the most difficult thing among all. - lack of accountability. You would be surprised on how many supervisors prefer to blame rather than fix the issue. - proper engagement of stakeholders in the project. Have you ever wondered who’s doing the hard work behind the scenes, don’t worry as I always done that. They’re often neglected and only called when needed.
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