Many graduates entering the workplace are poor communicators and less resilient than more established colleagues, research by people assessment specialists Talent Q has revealed.

The company’s research also showed that graduate entrants are particularly anxious and many suffer from a debilitating shortage of confidence. Of great concern to employers is that graduates, who suffer a real ‘blind-spot’ about their lack of workplace survival skills, have at the same time unrealistically high expectations of their new role and employer.

Commenting on the research of over 5,000 graduates, Alan Bourne, Talent Q director, said:  “It is absolutely vital that employers understand how far from the finished article their new graduate recruits are, and that they put in place appropriate training to plug the gap as soon as possible after they start in a job.”