Covid era graduates struggle with communication, say Deloitte and PwC

Accounting firms offer extra training on face-to-face presentations and in-person meetings

Two of the UK's big four accounting firms are giving extra training to younger recruits after finding that those who spent large parts of their education remote working during Covid lockdowns struggled with communication and teamwork tasks.

Deloitte and PwC said they were offering newer recruits training on skills that may have been neglected during the pandemic such as giving face-to-face presentations and participating in in-person meetings.