Some of the issues graduates are experiencing when entering the workforce after obtaining their degrees from Florida universities are public speaking skills, “I think that one of the things that we all need to strive to do better at is to try to give them more real-world experience prior to graduation,” said Mas. Mas also explains that having little experience in one’s professional field disadvantages the young people exiting school, stating that private businesses should work to collaborate with universities to prepare students. “We get caught in a structure and we get caught in doing the same thing the same way for so long that even though the world around us has changed, nobody else has changed with it,” said Mas. Melissa Miller, senior director at NextEra Energy said, “students need a lot of help with some of the basic skills.”
