Thomas E Slocombe Analysis

The idea that the generation of today’s incoming adults are struggling with how to function properly in the world of business and responsibility is not a secret. Thomas E. Slocombe and Donald S. Miller argue this point very strongly, explaining how the global marketplace is becoming more competitive by the second and that simultaneously, students are becoming less prepared, less motivated, and more entitled feeling. In the article “Preparing Students For The New Reality” written by both Donald S. Miller and Thomas E. Slocombe, both authors effectively argue that students are inadequately prepared to face the hypercompetitive new reality of the global marketplace by providing credible sources to augment their argument, and providing mentors …show more content…
Slocombe and Donald S. Miller strengthen their argument that students are ill-equipped to face the hypercompetitive new reality of the global marketplace by employing highly credible sources to backup their claims. The authors refer to a survey done by careerbuilder.com, a highly popular and commonly used website for job searching, that states that “87% of over 2500 managers and human resource executives said Millennials feel more entitled than older workers in terms of compensation, benefits, and career advancement”. () Almost anyone reading this article would automatically recognize this website and become intrigued. This information given by careerbuilder.com shows that almost every company that was surveyed managers are recognizing that these students have a narcissistic outlook on the working world, believing that they are overqualified for any job. With this sense of entitlement that these Millennials possess, it is near impossible for them to function properly in the working world. No one person will put forth the amount of required effort either to earn a job or once they have been rewarded one if they feel as if they are already overqualified for it without working, especially Millennials. When the reader recognizes that this insanely high amount of intelligent people in the business world believe this about the upcoming generation of workers, they are more apt to believe it as well. Building onto the main argument of this article, both authors explain that students are not having to try as hard in school to earn a 4.0 grade point average or straight A’s but are scoring detrimentally lower than students in multiple different countries on basic tests. They introduce this information concerning student’s low test scores from The U.S. Department of Education's Program for International Student Assessment. Since this source that is incorporated is most definitely a credible one, being as it is an official department of the United States, the reader,