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A third of companies are concerned about young people’s attitude to work, a report by business leaders says today.

今日据行业领导者的一份报告显示，三分之一的企业对年轻人的工作态度表示担忧。

With many graduates and school leavers lacking the mindset and skills required to thrive in the workplace, the CBI said teachers needed to better reflect the importance of ‘attitude and aptitude for work’.

由于许多毕业生都缺乏在职场生存所需的思维方式和技能，CBI表示称教师需要更好地反映“工作态度和工作能力”的重要性。

There are also worries about the literacy and numeracy skills of young employees, with firms admitting they have had to run classes for recruits.

还有人对新员工的识字水平和计算能力表示担忧，许多公司表示他们不得不先给新人培训之后才能上岗。

The CBI/Pearson survey of 344 firms found that 32 per cent were dissatisfied with graduates’ ‘attitudes and behaviours of self-management and resilience’, with 40 per cent saying they lacked customer awareness.

CBI和Pearson的这份研究对344家企业进行了调查，发现32%的企业对毕业生的“态度、以及在自我管理和弹性方面的表现”感到不满，40%的企业表示毕业生们缺乏顾客意识。

Some 33 per cent of business leaders were unhappy with the literacy of young applicants, while 29 per cent said their numeracy wasn’t up to scratch. Faced with a skills shortage, two in five businesses (41 per cent) have been forced to do remedial training for school or college leavers.

33%的企业领导对职场新人的识字水平表示不满，29%的领导则称他们的计算能力不达标。而由于缺乏相关技能的缘故，41%的企业不得不对毕业生们进行培训。

The CBI said stretching academic standards ‘should not be the sole focus’ for schools as ‘broader personal development aspects risk being pushed to the sidelines’.

据CBI表示，学术标准“不应该是学校唯一关注的焦点”，因为“更广泛的个人发展方面就可能面临得不到重视的风险”。

Firms believe primary schools should focus on developing literacy and numeracy (67 per cent), self-management (41 per cent) and communication skills (34 per cent).

许多企业都认为，小学应该重点发展学生的识字和算术能力（67%）、自我管理能力（41%）、以及沟通交流能力（34%）。

The report said: ‘Personal attitudes, aptitude, readiness to learn, effective communication skills and a sufficient capacity to cope with numerical data are the key enablers. It is critically important that all young people are helped to develop as fully as possible in these areas.’

该报告表示称：“个人的态度、能力、学习意愿、有效的沟通技巧、以及处理数值数据的足够能力都很关键。至关重要的是，所有年轻人都应当在这些领域里得到尽可能充分的发展。”

Josh Hardie, the CBI’s deputy director general, said: ‘Quality of teaching, learning and careers inspiration defines the life chances of young people.’

CBI副会长乔希·哈迪表示称：“教育质量、学习、以及事业心决定了年轻人的人生际遇。”

Dr Mary Bousted, head of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said: ‘With savage cuts to further education funding since 2009... it is unsurprising that businesses are struggling to find enough skilled staff.’

英国教师与讲师协会会长玛丽·鲍斯特德则表示：“由于自2009年以来教育经费大幅削减的缘故，企业难以找到足够熟练的员工并不是一件奇怪的事儿。”

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