New Hires Not Seeing Eye-To-Eye

Richard Bradbury | Christine Wong | Arvindh Yuvaraj

07-Nov-18 12:15

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“The ability at an early age to begin to form eye contact and learn about social smiling—this is a basic part of our development as human beings,” - yet some new hires in some US tech firms are struggling with this basic skill, and it’s being blamed on too much screen time.

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Categories: Education, Personal Development, Entrepreneurship, Technology, Tech, SME

Tags: eye contact, UnLonely, interpersonal skills, personal development,

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