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EPISODE · Dec 17, 2025 · 1H 1M

Are Gen Z's too soft for the real world of work?

from The Agenda · host Dubai Eye 103.8

That’s the view emerging from PwC, one of the Big Four consultancy firms, which has just announced that it’s rolling out mandatory resilience training for its new graduate hires. Why? Because while these fresh recruits are passing all the cognitive and technical tests, PwC says they’re often arriving without the human skills needed to thrive in a high-pressure corporate environment, things like confidence, communication, and handling feedback. Check the discussion with Hudson RPO's Toby Simpson and two brilliant Gen Z's Jose and Sam. A brand-new survey has gone out to schools across Dubai, aiming to explore how financial literacy is being taught and how it could be improved. Fatma Al Janahi, Director of Foundation and Growth Policies and Programmes at the KHDA tells us more. We also look at tools to help young people build real-world money skills in a way that’s engaging, interactive and actually fun. Find out why tens of thousands of Filipinos are gathering days before Christmas. And where do real Christmas trees, sold here in the UAE, come from?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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