Thursday, September 19, 2024

Survey: Gen Z Workers Easily Offended, Unprepared

One in 6 companies are hesitant to hire recent college graduates, according to a survey of business leaders who said Generation Z workers lack motivation and initiative.

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... The Intelligence.com survey found that 75% of companies reported some or all of the recent college graduates they hired this year were unsatisfactory. According to respondents, younger workers are unprepared, unprofessional and struggle with feedback.

Jessen James, a self-described thought leader and international speaker, speculated that Gen Z (born between the late 1990s and early 2010s) spends too much time engaged with technology -- to the detriment of their interpersonal skills.

"Technology and awareness has a lot of play in this," James said. "From a technology perspective, there's so much screentime nowadays where people are not engaging with human beings ... (and) when you put them out into the real world ... they struggle to communicate. They can't articulate themselves. They don't know how to interact."

James suggested schools should better prepare students for the workplace.

"We need to show them not just the interaction and skills they need, but also teach them emotional resilience because it's a tough world out there and it's called life," he said.

Gen Z isn't all to blame. Some experts say the younger generation feels less corporate loyalty after accepting full-time jobs, only to be laid off or have offers rescinded months later, according to the accounting and finance staffing company Alliance Research Group. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-18 12:08 AM

... hey struggle to communicate. They can't articulate themselves. They don't know how to interact." ...

My guess (and it is only that), they are so addicted to their phones that they may not know how to realte to a person standing in front of them.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-18 12:11 AM

@#1

brealte

- should be -

relate

(oops, I missed that in the preview)

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-18 12:12 AM

@#3

brealte

Wow.

I'll go away quietly now...

:)

#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-18 12:13 AM

My guess (and it is only that), they are so addicted to their phones that they may not know how to realte to a person standing in front of them.

Posted by LampLighter

I was at a major carrier cell phone place getting new phones set up for my wife and I.

The guy was maybe 21. Never once looked me in the eye the half hour I was there. I've run across my fair share of Gen Zers who have zero social skills IRL.

#5 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-18 01:00 AM

@#5 ... Never once looked me in the eye ...

I wish I could disagree with your comment but, unfortunately, it reflects my experiences as well.

Are Gen-Z so addicted to their phones that they have lost (or never even acquired) the person-to-person skills needed to interact with other humans?

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-18 01:37 AM

#6 | Posted by LampLighter

I take our three dogs to this 12 acre dog park when it's cool enough. Gen Z dog people stare at their phones the entire time they're there, missing all the moments memories are made of.

Don't mean to sound like a codger, but for too many, phones have stunted interpersonal relations.

#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-18 02:11 AM

You guys gonna shout at them to get off your lawns next?

"Kids these days!!!" is the oldest trope in the history of tropes.

#8 | Posted by qcp at 2024-09-18 08:29 AM

We have our fair share of Gen Z workers and while they do love their cellphones, most of them are very hard working and able to communicate well. Maybe these employers need to re-evaluate who is doing their hiring.

#9 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-09-18 08:59 AM

We've created a cottage industry of consultants who advise companies on how to manage these diverse generations working together.

While there is some intelligent methods to deal with those challenges, it's mostly a bunch of crap.

I agree with QCP and Nixon. It's not a new phenomenon and it's the employers' fault on how (poorly) they select and train new employees....not the youngsters.

#10 | Posted by eberly at 2024-09-18 09:24 AM

Gonna go out on a limb here and call this out for what it is:

Pure, unadulterated, horse manure.

#11 | Posted by Angrydad at 2024-09-18 05:36 PM

Have they tried paying their employees better?

#12 | Posted by Tor at 2024-09-18 05:45 PM

...people stare at their phones the entire time...
#7 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY

The thing is, society has moved to where we are forced to do this. Have a job, all schedules and communication are by apps. Have a kid in school? My GF has two kids in school and everything is by app. There's at least 5 apps she has to constantly monitor to deal with grades, sports etc. Maybe they're paying their bills or dealing with their landlord, all on apps.
And don't get me started on QR code menus at restaurants.

#13 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2024-09-18 06:41 PM

#13 | Posted by TFDNihilist

At the dog park? I love watching them have fun.

Staring at Instagram/FB/Tik Tok while you're walking the 1/3 mile path around the perimeter? That's what I've seen. Just yesterday, I saw more than a couple of drivers on the road glued to their phones. What's more important than watching where you're going?

#14 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2024-09-19 08:31 AM

My guess (and it is only that), they are so addicted to their phones that they may not know how to realte to a person standing in front of them.
#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-18 12:11 AM | Reply | Flag: MEH

The Boomers handed them that phone without any instructions... because there weren't any. Originally when all they were was a phone it was treated loosely with the phone rules like phones were still attached to the wall... unless someone rang you up while at a restaurant...or in the library... never had to miss a call.

Then everyone in the family had their own... so waiting your turn was tossed out the window...

Then they put the cameras and recorders into it... and changed how gossiping was done...

Then they inserted a full-blown computer with an internet connection in them... and kids were given access to more information about anyone or anything our species dreamt up... and now we call them ill-prepared for the world?

I call B.S. on that. Communication has changed.

#15 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-09-19 08:48 AM

@#13 Posted by TFDNihilist

This is very true. And because I'm an old school Boomer, I have to constantly rely on my GenZ son to help me wade through all those APPS and internet stuff.

Anyway, both my Zoomer kids are college grads and hardworking.

#16 | Posted by shane at 2024-09-19 04:38 PM

Not all Gen Z ers are clueless non communicating obessed phone addicts / phreaks, but enough are generational non communicators that it has now grown to negatively affect our entire culture.

Many young people no longer know how to have random conversations even with friends and relatives and easily connect with others without a cellphone crutch. Cultural communications deeply affects our society and it can be either a pos or negative.

Kamala Harris is an obvious example of a premature, political and incompetent non communicator who like many may talk but say nothing.

#17 | Posted by Robson at 2024-09-19 05:46 PM

incompetent non communicator who like many may talk but say nothing.

#17 | POSTED BY ROBSON

You in a nutshell.

#18 | Posted by Zed at 2024-09-19 05:53 PM

And how do you categorize the San Francisco and Chicago and New York leftists like unelected Kamala Harris who refuse to answer ANY questions about anything. They stay hidden when we need everything exposed. Why have the Feds outrageously become the official cover up the trash instead busy exposing them? We need a major apolitical shakeup.

#19 | Posted by Robson at 2024-09-19 07:18 PM

Pay them something approaching a living wage in their community and you'll be amazed how quickly they become obedient and effective.

#20 | Posted by Tor at 2024-09-19 07:41 PM

@#5 ... The guy was maybe 21. Never once looked me in the eye the half hour I was there. I've run across my fair share of Gen Zers who have zero social skills ...

The area supermarket chain hires high school kids (in CT kids 16 or older can do that job) for bagging and, if they prove themselves, cashiers.

I do have to commend the hiring process.

Every one has been excellent in my interactions with them.

So, I just want to state that not all Gen-Z may be properly described by the cited article.


#21 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-09-19 09:47 PM

My company hired a Gen Z-er about a year ago. 25, no college degree, four years as an enlisted logistics support troop in the Air Force.

It has been transformational. Seh designed SharePoint sites and web applications that streamline our ability to process and manage information. She implemented procedures that her predecessor, someone with a PhD had completely ignored. Bottom line, she is able to work with IT in ways that us older (I'm 49) people cannot.

That said, she is still a Gen Z-er. Our company Christmas party is held in Venice each year. This will be her first year going. She asked me if there would be dancing. If she could twerk. She has also stated that the difference in pay between herself and us older guys is a symptom of the patriarchy. She may have been joking about that one.

#22 | Posted by madbomber at 2024-09-20 01:16 AM

Young folks and some older ones too are being brainwashed by the algorithms they receive on their cel phones and computers. They are fed a steady diet of garbage that seems to feed them what they wish to learn or believe in no matter how illogical, stupid or over the top fake. Take several of these wars we have going on with people siding with terrorists that would skin them alive and gang rape their entire family if they had a chance to do so. Or, those that side with governments that aim nuclear missiles at us all and hold parades that showcase children on floats dancing in front of nuclear missiles with giant posters in the background showing our cities aflame. Just look at some of these brainwashed fools coming on here with such over the top stupidity in their comments.

#23 | Posted by Wildman62 at 2024-09-20 10:51 AM

Kamala Harris is an obvious example of a premature, political and incompetent non communicator who like many may talk but say nothing.

#17 | Posted by Robson

You misspelled trump

#24 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2024-09-20 01:51 PM

#21 Lamplighter - So, I just want to state that not all Gen-Z may be properly described by the cited article.

Couldn't agree more. But isn't all or nothing from experts of the media often the way we've been conditioned. Paying them (employees) more doesn't develop people. Develop them and then pay them more. What often worked best with media was the now past tense method where the media had public comments +/- submitted and embedded as part of the article. It seems all media ended that from NPR to Huffington to Economist. Media didn't like giving pubic the power of opinion. That was the medias job.

#25 | Posted by Robson at 2024-09-21 01:30 PM

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