Teacher 2 Teacher
Students already know this
Debits and Credits
GAAP
IFRS (well some of them)
GAAS
AIS?
This Stuff is Easy
Its in Books
This is Harder
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But We Know That
How Important is this to the Firms Hiring
Our Students?
"They are actualy first on our list. Without soft skills what can we do with them? Keep them in the backroom by themselves?"
Q1. 89% felt soft skills were very or
extremely important
Q2. What skills were important
Q3. Do you employ assements in your
hiring practice
Interview 13%
No 42%
Yes 42%
Q4 Trust 3rd Party?

No 2%
Probably 7%
Possibly 16%
Maybe 13%
Depends 18%
Yes 38%
Q5. Since soft skills are not taught directly within most accounting courses, would you accept documentation from potential hires showing changes in soft skill scores after remediation interventions provided by the system?
No 7%
Maybe 11%
Possibly 13%
Partly 4%
Yes 58%
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No 13%
Probably Not 13%
Maybe 27%
Depends on Cost 16%
Yes  18%
"No. As an educational institution - you are supposed to be preparing the students to move into the work world. This should be an expectation of your curriculum the student is participating in."
"No. We are confident that our multi-screen recruiting process works effectively."
"Not personally - a good interview usually can weed out the bad"
Q7 Documented Methodology
Not Critical 11%
Somewhat 9%
Important 7%
Very Important 51%
"you may want to consider a tiered pricing structure...I'd be willing to pay more for this type of system when hiring an experienced person vs. an entry level person.  I'd like to see actual submission of written materials as part of the evaluation."
"It would help to receive data that validates the usefulnes of the system on a post-hire basis."
Based on these resuls we believe
There is an opportunity to:

Support Studet Enrichment of Soft Skills
Support Faculty who want to incorporate soft skill in their course
Support Firms that value Soft Skill Assessment