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Going from an Excellent Student to an Excellent Employee - Talismatic

It is wrongly assumed that an excellent student makes a terrible employee. The idea behind this thinking is surely the concept of head-knowledge versus practical skills and talent . To help you understand this better, here’s an example - What an engineer cannot do can easily be figured out and solved by a mechanic. The difference here is that while one has studied and slogged for years to receive a degree that could maybe land him a reputable job, the other works on skills that he has an affinity towards to find his calling. This means that student success can be measured by more than just their IQ. Does this mean you give up on education and simply follow your interests? Not really. Universities can do a lot to ensure that the students excel in their work while gaining the skills and practice needed to make their way in the real world. By offering a combination of the knowledge received through the syllabus set by universities and the application of the knowledge gained throug...