This article, although almost four years old, seems to apply more and more to the reality of today, as we become more hooked on social networking sites, addicting ourselves to Blackberry’s and iPhones, it leaves less and less time to develop interpersonal skills, something that used to be one of the great things about college (a little harder here since it is a commuter school). These days, it seems everything is done with data sheets and text messages, and the idea of actually talking to a person seems to be taking a back seat of all of this.
Even now, from the college process straight up to the job interview, people are tripping over themselves and unable to pitch themselves because they’re just so used to the current office/tech culture. People just stay in their homes and cubicles all day and some internships I saw were nothing more than data entry positions, no way to develop communications. It seems like that kind of training is left to leadership classes, though not everyone wants to be one.
It seems that even when we talk about job hunting, we always talk about the resume, the experience necessary, but so few people ever look at the effect a good sales pitch can make. A good sales pitch can make even the least qualified candidates seem like a decent choice for any job, simply because they can get the words out of their mouth, and the better qualified candidate can’t.