Most employers feel that their employees’ writing and communication skills are not up to par. Grammar and communication is very important especially when coming out of college. As the text book states “Understanding communication within the academic arena, and how it differs from everyday communication, will help build a foundation for successful graduate learning (Divincenzo, 2014). Employers’ in the United States are very dissatisfied with their employees’ writing skills (Gray, Emerson, & Mackay, 2005, Wise, 2005). Employers feel that the employees writing skills are not as strong as they pursue. The most important qualifications that employers have consistently ranked are oral and written communication skills that they feel their employees should possess (Gray et al. 2005; Kelly & Gaedeke, 1990; McDaniel & White, 1993).
Being that communication skills and communication deficiencies is highly favorable, it is understandable why the American businesses are frustrated. If educators taught the difference between correct grammar and mechanic and teaching writing then maybe the problem can be addressed, but until instructors who teach writing courses begin to include written business communication courses or use different approaches to help students remediate their sentence-level errors, employers will still find that their employees’ writing and communication skills will still be a concern. American employees finds it frustrating to hire employees that does endure good writing skills, they may feel that if the employees does not have good writing skills then their communication skills will not be any good either.
Employers feels that the issue with writing and communication skills should have been taught in high school so that when they completed college they would have good writing and communication skills that they would be able to apply to their