There’s a very interesting letter about what hiring managers want from new college graduates in this issue of the Tech Collegian from the Institute of Technology at West Virginia University (look on Page 6, “An Employer Speaks”).
HR Manager Helen Bidol points out an important corporate organizational trend that university programs overlook:
More and more, companies are structuring themselves with fewer layers of hierarchy,
moving toward a horizontal or “flat” organizational structure. To be successful, students must be able to communicate laterally—with co-worker peers on the same level—as well as vertically with those above or below.
She makes some great points about how team projects in college can actually hinder students in that environment — talk about unanticipated outcomes!
