Description
The University of Central Florida (UCF) Forum is a weekly series of opinion columns presented by the UCF News & Information. The columns are the opinions of the writers, who serve on the UCF Forum panel of faculty members, staffers and students for a year. A new column is posted each Wednesday at UCF Today and then broadcast between 7:50 and 8 a.m. Sunday on WUCF-FM (89.9).
Publication Date
10-8-2014
Keywords
Human Resources; New hire; Wayne Densch Charitable Trust; UCF Student-Athlete Leadership Institute; Student-athletes; Student excellence
Introduction
My friends in the Human Resources world are noticing an alarming trend. Colleges and universities are pumping out thousands of highly qualified students eagerly awaiting their first paycheck in the workforce. Unfortunately, simply completing the necessary coursework and earning a high grade point average isn’t enough to make them a productive member of today’s fast-paced and complex global economy.
Subjects
College athletes; Athletes; College sports; Athletics; Coaching (Athletics)
Collection
Publisher
University of Central Florida
STARS Citation
Dagenais, Todd (2014). What is the cost of a bad hire?. UCF Today, 2014-10-08. Retrieved from https://today.ucf.edu/cost-bad-hire/
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