A class that teaches you how to eat or even the basic social skills to get a job – is it really necessary?
Some companies think so, particularly for the generation of twenty-somethings and younger dubbed Millennials.
While they are undoubtedly social-media savvy, living their lives online in 140 characters or fewer, many of the younger potential workers lack very basic skills because of it, according to some employers.
“Writing skills — people don’t write as much as they used to. They’re texting, so they forget to write in complete sentences and articulate their written skills professionally,” said Jeff Dunn, an Intel campus relations manager.
