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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the younger generation feels less corporate loyalty after accepting full-time jobs, only to be laid off or have offers rescinded months later, according to the accounting and finance staffing company Alliance Research Group. ...

... 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.

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relate

(oops, I missed that in the preview)

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Wow.

I'll go away quietly now...

:)

@#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?

@#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.