Young Enterprise Charity Poll.

'Three out of four bosses say school leavers and graduates lack the basic skills needed to join the workforce.
A poll of some of Britain’s biggest businesses, such as HSBC, Santander, KPMG and Procter & Gamble, found widespread despair with the quality of potential recruits.
Many young people turn up for interviews ‘without the vital employability skills that employers are looking for’, such as punctuality and a general ‘can-do’ attitude.'

If GCSEs are dumbed down; if 'A' Levels are dumbed down; if degrees are dumbed down; if there is a proliferation of 'Mickey Mouse degrees' - then how could it possibly be otherwise?