The Difference You Can Make in a Recent Grad’s Career

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  Amy B and I are getting ready for another Ask the Amy's episode.

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  That's when you email us your work dilemmas and we share our takes and try to help.

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  So if you have a question, email it to women at work at hbr.org.

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  And if we end up discussing it in the episode, don't worry, we'll definitely keep you anonymous.

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  You're listening to Women at Work from Harvard Business Review.

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  I'm Amy Gallo.

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  Think back to your first job at a college.

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  Mine was working as a program manager for a small nonprofit.

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  And while I was incredibly organized and good at moving work forward,

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  a skill I'd honed as an undergrad in those torturous group projects,

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  I was also overconfident and unaware of the more nuanced skills I needed.

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  like how to write an email that would get people to do what I wanted them to,

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  or how to relay a decision the executive director had made to my peers.

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  I didn't have the interpersonal skills that undoubtedly would have made me much happier and more effective in that job.

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  I mean, why didn't I learn in college that getting the feedback I needed Building trust,

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  setting boundaries are all part and parcel of success and advancement.

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  Why weren't those skills in the curriculum?

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  With academia's fixation on career readiness,

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  why are colleges still graduating students who employers say fall short of their expectations and areas like ability to communicate and think critically?

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  That's what the Association of American Colleges and Universities found when it surveyed executives and hiring managers in 2023.

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