Posted on 02/15/2023 2:29:08 PM PST by george76
More than half of recent grads ‘report emotional or mental health challenges’
A survey conducted by the Mary Christie Institute discovered that recent college graduates are not emotionally prepared for the workforce.
Specifically the survey found that more than half of these young professionals self-reported “emotional or mental health challenges.”
“Our findings show that once in the workplace, young people continue to struggle mentally and emotionally,” the think tank wrote.
The survey found that 43 percent of those individuals with mental health said they had anxiety while 31 percent reported having depression.
“Women reported worse mental health than men, with 68% of males self-reporting good or excellent mental health, compared to 45% of females,” the survey reported.
The College Fix reached out to the think tank for its reaction to the findings of the survey, what the causes and solutions of this issue are and if there is anything that colleges can do to better prepare students for the workforce.
The group has not responded to a request for comment sent in the past week. The Fix also reached out to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, a co-sponsor of the survey, to ask similar questions.
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Survey respondents also reported burnout to be an issue as they enter into the workforce.
Over half of surveyed individuals reported that they feel burnout at least once a week in their careers. The survey defined “burnout” as “a state of prolonged physical and psychological exhaustion, which is perceived as related to the person’s work.”
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Furthermore, almost 40 percent of respondents claimed that college is “not strongly perceived as preparing students emotionally for the workforce.”
These respondents believe that their time spent in college did not adequately prepare them to make the “transition” into the workforce.
The unique circumstances that many of these respondents faced – having to deal with the disruptions of COVID-19 on their education and a shift towards virtual learning – may have had a major impact on the concerning results of this survey, the think tank suggested.
A career coach and workforce expert told The Fix that the findings predict negative results for companies and the economy.
“These findings are a stark predictor of continued lack of engagement, low productivity and no loyalty which leads to negative impacts on companies and our economy,” Ken Coleman told The Fix in a media statement.
Coleman is an expert within Ramsey Solutions, a personal finance company run by Dave Ramsey, a popular money and life radio host.
“This generation has truly been victimized by the fear campaign of marketers, the media and politicians who have manipulated their grandparents and parents for decades,” Coleman told The Fix. “Add in normal doubts and insecurities that come with launching into adulthood and you have the ultimate cocktail of confusion.”
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Coleman suggested the confusion these young adults feel can often lead to tremendous anxiety about the present and how it will impact their future.
The report concluded that workplaces need to do more to support young individuals and that companies are not helping their racial minority employees enough.
“These findings clearly indicate that early career professionals want more support for their mental health,” the survey reported.
The authors wrote that “over half of young professionals indicate they would be interested in gatekeeper training to learn about how to help others if it were offered by their employer.”
“Even more importantly, we see from this data that workplace environments are not perceived as particularly welcoming or supportive of diverse employees, specifically BIPOC employees,” the think tank wrote. “Many among this population report not feeling part of the community or not having close colleagues; nor do they know where to turn for resources.”
not surprising if true: most colleges nowadays are little more than incubators for marxist snowflakes ...
Recent college grads not ‘emotionally’ ready for work.
I show up and have to work too how about I come in late and leave early?.
“Wow! Back in my day they would melt into a puddle on the floor. 60 hour weeks were common. I once put in 106 hours in a week.”
indeed ... back in the day, as a computer science grad student, i once had to write an entire operating system from scratch in assembler language for a Nova 1200 ... my only tool was a cross-assembler run on a CDC 6400 ... OS was written on Hollerith cards and output was a paper tape punched on a GE ASR 33 Teletype and then read into the Nova 1200 with a paper tape reader activated by keying in a primitive boot loader from the front panel ...
I suspect the kids that are successful in the workplace after graduating college had parents that expected a great deal out of them for the first 18 years of life. I know I had expectations for my children that were heavily influenced by my own experiences growing up. My kids had no problems transitioning to the workplace after graduating.
That’s a shame but I don’t want to pay their bills.
“who have manipulated their grandparents and parents for decades.”
Don’t think so.
Had a job last year where about 30% of the Gen-Zers always had their face in their phone and were the most narcissistic group of people I ever met. By far.
This change is recent but most likely growing. Parents letting social media raise their kids ain’t a good idea.
That’s one thing I like about the program my daughter is in at Drexel University - They go out and work at jobs in their field of study for 6-month stints (in my daughter’s case, Biomedical Engineering). They not only get to figure out whether they like and can be successful in their major, they also get experience applying for a job, getting up out of bed and fulfilling an employer’s expectations.
They are far ahead of their peers walking out with their degree.
Ours aren’t in that mix. All left home and are independent.
Our youngest is 23 and lives in grandmas basement. He’s a full time OTR trucker and is on the road making money 5-6 days a week.
As a junior,I had an Advanced Calculus class. I spent all day every Saturday ( about 10 hours) just doing the problems assigned for the weekend. The snowflakes nowadays would try to have the professor removed for causing emotional distress because it cut into their coffee time.
Actor Bob Denver of course didn’t fade away. Went on a three hour tour on a boat.
Maynard was an interesting character, Tuesday Weld was gorgeous, Warren Beatty was young, who the hell was Dobie?
Weird show.
Well done!
I did a 110 hour week on a platform in the gulf. Two guys got fired and one guy got hurt. Long story short, I filled in
It’s not totally the snowflake generation’s fault. Helicopter patented, nothing was expected of them K-12, colleges charge so much that they have to treat their students as valued customers...it took a village to screw them up this badly.
I’m amazed how many kids don’t work prior to college. One of the smartest kids I had the pleasure to work with quit high school, got his GED and worked a ton of jobs. By the time I met him at 20 he was a decent auto mechanic, paint and body guy, cheese maker, and could drive a big rig. You never had to tell him anything twice, and rarely once. Where I was working he was the overall manager, and although I was 3 times his age it was an absolute pleasure working with him. We got everything done with minimal communication and effort. He went on to learn aircraft maintenance, which was a perfect fit as he was very methodical.
>> Parents letting social media raise their kids ain’t a good idea.
Agreed
My first job post college was the civilian version of boot camp.
It seem like every other day I was called into the bosses office so he could yell at me—and then after torturing me for a few months he fired me.
I survived.
These snowflakes will have to learn to deal with it.
The lesson learned was that I needed to find help if I did not understand something—faking it was not going to work.
Trained to be V.P.
It shows in how little they learn or know, too.
Many do not spend even 5 hours a week studying. They sleep late, go to the gym, maybe go to class and then party. Go into any CVS near a college campus and compare the length of the candy counter to the length of the personal products counter.
Wa wa wa. In my first five careers I felt bunt out at the end of most days.
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