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Work readiness gaps are most visible in early career hires and career changers who have strong technical skills but struggle with professional norms that are rarely taught explicitly: how to communicate upward when a project is at risk, how to manage competing priorities across multiple stakeholders, how to give and receive feedback in professional contexts, and how to navigate organizational decision-making processes. Organizations that build structured work readiness development into the first 90 days of onboarding rather than assuming these skills transfer automatically from education see significantly faster time-to-productivity and lower early attrition among early-career cohorts.