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I'm sure. I know my campus career and counseling center maintained a resource library one could avail one's self of. I just didn't find dedicated coursework on how to use it particularly necessary.
My opinion? Not well at all as far as public schools go.
Do they teach you about networking? How to prepare resumes and cover letters? How to interview? Yet they teach you about things you may have little or no need for (e.g. a foreign language).
Did your school prepare you for the job world?
EdX
Yes, they do teach resume and cover-letter writing. The employment counseling office holds workshops in those skills. But you'd be surprised how many students graduate and leave without ever taking advantage of that fabulous free resource.
In post # 8 you said networking only took a day to teach. Why would a course be needed.
The course covered other subjects such as resumes and interviews. It was designed to give you the basics in job-hunting skills. Typically there were about 10-15 students at these classes.
My school didnt teach me how to be a SAHM or a nanny. Im a better homeschool teacher than my teachers were in public school. " Oh sally, you want to spend a week digging deeper into Monet? OK!" vs " Sorry, we need to move on now, go to the library and do your own research "...gee thanks.
My opinion? Not well at all as far as public schools go.
Do they teach you about networking? How to prepare resumes and cover letters? How to interview? Yet they teach you about things you may have little or no need for (e.g. a foreign language).
Did your school prepare you for the job world?
EdX
From personal experience school does not prepare no one for the real world. When I was in public school, I did not learn about any college fundamentals. I learned about writing format, college math etc when I entered college. College did not prepare for the job world.. the final semester of college we were required internships and a capstone class that helped us write resumes and cover letters.
My opinion? Not well at all as far as public schools go.
Do they teach you about networking? How to prepare resumes and cover letters? How to interview? Yet they teach you about things you may have little or no need for (e.g. a foreign language).
Did your school prepare you for the job world?
EdX
Since when is the purpose of public education preparing people for the real world? According to the government the goal is all students go to college where there are placement offices to help them with stuff like that after they finish their degrees.
My opinion? Not well at all as far as public schools go.
Do they teach you about networking? How to prepare resumes and cover letters? How to interview? Yet they teach you about things you may have little or no need for (e.g. a foreign language).
Did your school prepare you for the job world?
EdX
I don't think that's the school's job, what the heck are parents doing now? Uncles, Aunts, no one in the family knows how to make a resume despite decades in the work force? You need your teacher to do this, after they explain where babies come from, and after they explain how you should treat each other? I learned how to make a resume from reading a BOOK on how to make a resume (that was before computers, there's even more info available now)
Foreign language is going to do more for job prospects in a global economy than something like making a resume that you can learn about on your own time.
I think the problem is actually too much hand-holding and kids graduate needing to be led by the nose and don't know how to begin adult life.
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