Good comment. And there have been reports of companies increasingly hiring kids right out of high school, giving them significant on-the-job training, and sending them to college at night when necessary.
I will add significant lack of critical thinking and basic math and English skills. Simple things like an X bar R Chart are indecipherable to them unless they have an app to calculate the results. Dont get me started on their ability to interpret the data.
However, they are real interested in proper use of pronouns and the carbon footprint of the facility
I’m a boomer and have three degrees & didn’t pay for any of them. Did them all through work reimbursement. Have an Assoc. in Networking; Bachelor’s in IT and a Master’s in Leadership/Coaching but I lean with Charlie Kirk that they’re overrated.