Why Is It Hard To Find Competent Writing Skills

In today's job market why is it employers are finding it hard to find prospective employees with competent writing skills? According to the article Student Perceptions of Their
Writing Skills: Myth and Reality, there are many reasons why college-level students often do not possess college-level writing skills (Simkin, Crews, & Groves, 2012).
In the next section, we will discuss some of the reasons that students have trouble with their writing skills.

Multiple factors are to blame for the secondary writing skills. Some of the factors include email/text messaging, large university class sizes, and loopholes permitting students to enroll in advance classes despite poor abilities to write well (Simkin, Crews, & Groves, 2012). In most universities English classes require you to "pass" them, not to show an actual proficiency in writing. …show more content…
In most cases, students believe they are already good writers and writing is not a valuable skill to have in their career (Simkin, Crews, & Groves, 2012). Students should be aware of their writing skills and how it affects their job. By knowing their deficiencies and how to correct them, they will have an advantage over their peers in their personal and professional