3 in 10 Hiring Managers Say They Avoid Hiring Gen Z Candidates and would prefer to hire older workers [94% acting inappropriately interviewing; offended too easily (59%) etc.]

resumebuilder.com ^ | January 25, 2024 | resume builder

[daniel1212]

Hiring managers point to a number of issues with Gen Zers, and say during the hiring process this generation often:

• Asks for too much money (42%)
• Acts entitled (41%)
• Lacks communication skills (39%)
• Aren’t prepared (36%)
• Don’t ask questions (36%)
• Don’t seem engaged/interested (33%)
• Ghost (31%)
• Have a bad resume (27%)
• Performs poorly (24%)
• Lies (21%)

Of the 94% of hiring managers surveyed who say they have interviewed Gen Zers, many have experienced Gen Zers acting inappropriately.

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• Wasn’t dressed appropriately (58%)
• Struggled with eye contact (57%)
• Asked for unreasonable compensation (47%)
• Used inappropriate language (19%)
• Was in an inappropriate environment to do an interview (16%)

• Those who have worked with this generation say Gen Zers often:

  • Are late to start work (34%)
  • Don’t dress professionally (33%)
  • Don’t use appropriate language for work (33%)
  • Can’t manage the workload (31%)

  • More than half of hiring managers (54%) report having to fire a Gen Zer within a week, and 36% a month.

[Moltke]

All their lives they have been subjected to a neverending barrage of end-of-the-world negativity. No wonder they are messed up.

The media, leftist politicians, eco-nuts to blame most.

[Stravinsky]

Plenty of middle aged and elderly people you can hire who will be more reliable, companies. Just don’t hire these folks. Simple as that. What’s that, not interested in someone who isn’t “hip”? Then eat dirt and die, trash.