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> and they normally need to be already good at school math. All they lack is experience applying this education on a job - but they are professionals - educated, proactive and mostly smart.

Without being overly pessimistic, this interpretation is extremely generous.




Hardly.

What I've mostly seen when it isn't the case is an employer who hasn't let them fly, but simply bombarded them with work nobody wants to do. They become cynical, and it is understandable.




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