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HR leaders prefer life skills over exam results

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HR leaders prefer life skills over exam results

15- to 17-year-olds in the UK feel an immense amount of pressure to do well in their exams, at the expense of other life skills.

However, a survey of business leaders found that life skills fared as more important in the workplace than exam results.

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