Harvest Early Careers Research - Joining the Dots

Summary of Challenges for Employers

Core Challenges for Employers:

Misalignment: Several employers struggle to find a balance between graduates’ need for clarity and the business’s need for agility. Research pointed to a misalignment between graduates’ expectations of the Employee Experience and employer expectations of same.

Social Skills: Employers cite social skills and mindset as a significant challenge. Specifically, the lack of social acumen, people skills at work and, work ethic mindset.

Resources for Employers : Time and People – Resources are not always aligned across the Employee Experience journey. Resources can be inconsistent, available for attraction but not development. The scarcity of time to support the Employee Experience is the single biggest issue. Better Understanding: Not enough is known about the people and generation they want to attract. There is a general lack of awareness about what students and graduates want – this appears to be due to a lack of resources for same.

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