There is a tendency for graduates to think that having a degree is a fast-track to executive positions within companies, one expert has said. According to Edge, an independent education foundation, graduates are sometimes lacking the skills needed to communicate effectively with customers that only experience equip them with. Dr John McGurk, advisor for learning and talent development at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, said that the "jury is out" as to whether graduates are more employable than students who undertake vocational courses. "It is a lack of self-starting initiative and motivation [that hold them back]," he said, "mainly because people have been over-trained to rely on that degree to an extent, to provide them with the competence which you want." According to Edge, over 3.6 million vocational qualifications were awarded last year in the UK, which was an increase of 11 per cent. One of the key areas of growth in training was under-16s gaining vocational qualifications in school, with 322,000 of these types of courses being completed in this educational environment in 2008. A review conducted by Edge found that vocational qualifications are increasingly being recognised as university entry qualifications in the UCAS points system.
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