Dutch Driver <
ddriver@CS1.MCM.EDU> wrote:
>>... Bob has made an excellent antithetical
case against expecting too much without making
a case for what expectations would be "just right."
For the school as well as the student, and the
prospective future employer...<<
Schools and professors cannot know what constitutes job fit
for the millions of employers and their millions of job
classifications thus they ought not to be overly concerned
with job fit--that is the job of the employer. Professors ought
to spend their time imparting/developing as much knowledge and
understanding that their students can acquire in the limited
time available.
>>... I guess I am wary of the perpetual
critic who has no plan to propose in
place of the status quo. I
am looking for synthesis...<<
Professors may not like this, but they are really
powerless to know what constitutes job fit for a
particular employer.
I solve the job fit problem every day--that is my business--all I am
saying is that professors have their jobs to do and employers have
their jobs to do and one cannot do the other's job. Job fit is
determined by the demands of the job and the needs of the employer,
not by B-Schools and their professors. Why do you think MBA's
have such a poor reputation in many circles? Too many MBA's
lack job fit and thus fail in the job and the employer blames
the MBA and not the hiring manager who should not have hired
the MBA who did not have job fit. Vicious cycle, but the
B-Schools are blamed when in fact it is the
employer who is at fault since only the
employer can determine job fit.
We all have our own jobs to do and we should strive to do our jobs the
best we can and let others do their jobs the best they can. Why is
it necessary for professors or B-Schools to do the work of tens
of thousands of hiring managers?
Bob
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