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.]

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[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.

[daniel1212]

Research says:

What is the biggest problem for Gen Z? Gen Z Struggles With Mental Health Social media, which many Gen Zers have used for most of their teenage and adult life, exacerbates these issues — no other generation has had such immediate and unfiltered access to the news for most of their lives, which can lead to stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues.Feb 28, 2024 'Problems' With Gen Z in the Workplace (From a Gen Zer) - Forage

What is the most depressed generation? Gen Z young adults face double the depression and anxiety of teens, Harvard report finds. Young adults in the United States are experiencing anxiety and depression at twice the rate of teens, with more than half reporting that their lives lack meaning or purpose, according to a new report from Harvard University.Oct 24, 2023 Gen Z young adults face double the depression and anxiety of teens ... wbur.org https://www.wbur.org › news › 2023/10/24 › young-adu...

Gen Z doesn't want kids. The world is too messed up. - Business Insider businessinsider.com https://www.businessi Why does Gen Z not have kids? Gen Z Doesn't Want Kids Thanks to Generational Trauma ... A climate crisis, a flagging economy, and generational trauma have made the prospect of parenthood unappealing for many Gen Zers.Dec 14, 2023

What percent of Gen Z is religious? Gen Z adults are notably less likely to identify as white Christians (27%) compared to baby boomers (54%), and more likely to identify as religiously unaffiliated (33%) than every generation except millennials.Jan 23, 2024 Exclusive poll: Gen Z is less religious, less Republican than others - Axios axios.com https://www.axios.com › 2024/01/23 › gen-z-less-religio.. Is Gen Z the least religious generation? Gen Z adults are notably less likely to identify as white Christians (27%) compared to baby boomers (54%), and more likely to identify as religiously unaffiliated (33%) than every generation except millennials.Jan 23, 2024

What percent of Gen Z is single? An overview of Millennial and Gen Z dating statistics They value freedom and independence. 75% of Gen Z are single. 44% of millennials are married. Millennials spend an average of two hours a day on dating apps. 66 Key Millennial and Gen Z Dating Statistics - Briana MacWilliam brianamacwilliam.com https://brianamacwilliam.com › millennial-gen-z-dating-s...

What percentage of Gen Z is Republican? Support for the Republican Party in particular has waned with younger generations. The GOP enjoyed 39 percent of support from the silent generation, but only 17 percent of generation Z in 2022.Feb 2, 2024 U.S. party identification 2022, by generation - Statista statista.com https://www.statista.com › statistics › party-identification-...

Is Gen Z more introverted? Embracing the introvert revolution: the future of inclusive ... But here's an interesting fact: our State of Meetings report revealed that Generation Z has a higher percentage of introverts compared to other generations.Jan 1, 2024 mentimeter.com https://www.mentimeter.com › awesome-presentations

Why My Generation Hates Jews The Free Press https://www.thefp.com › why-my-generation-hates-jews Oct 26, 2023 — But Gen Z worships these identity categories and the distinction of oppressor/oppressed. I know that's true—I am submerged in it every day.

Why does so much of Gen-Z hate America? Here's why we ... Fox News https://www.foxnews.com › opinion › why-gen-z-hate-... Jan 17, 2023 — Millennials and Generation Z are the first generations raised with "cancel culture," and with that a forced conformity of thought. To break with ...

coming of age during the pandemic lockdowns and around 7.5 hours of screen time a day, for starters.Jul 6, 2023 The Gen Z Communication Crisis - The Robin Report therobinreport.com https://therobinreport.com › the-gen-z-communication-cr...

Why Gen Z feels hopeless? Climate change, the distressing economy, the crisis in mental health, rumors and actual wars, and life after the pandemic have all created a worrying environment for Gen Z. In fact, the American Psychological Association reports that 68% of Gen Z adults feel stressed about our nation's future.

Gen Z Looks Young But Feels Old Due to Stress - Lifeologie Counseling wefixbrains.com https://wefixbrains.com › resources › gen-z-looks-young...

What percentage of Gen Z has mental illness? Gen Z and mental health. Regarding the stats, it's clear that Gen Z is struggling. A 2022 survey of Gen Z young adults (ages 19 through 24) found that 42% are diagnosed with a mental health condition.Mar 1, 2023 Gen Z's Trauma and Mental Health Crisis charliehealth.com https://www.charliehealth.com › post › gen-zs-mental-he..

What percent of Gen Z is depressed? According to a study, about 58% of Gen Z have reported feeling symptoms of depression. Approximately 75% of Gen Z employees reported experiencing symptoms of depression. According to APA Stress in America Survey, around 91% of Gen Z adults reported experiencing at least one physical or emotional symptom due to stress. Must-Know Gen Z Depression Statistics [Latest Report] - Gitnux gitnux.org https://gitnux.org › gen-z-depression-statistics

Why is Gen Z obsessed with anxiety? The most common cause of their anxiety — the future. Almost have of those surveyed said the future was their biggest worry while 45 percent said it was finances. On average, Gen Zers who take medication for anxiety started taking medicaton at 19, according to the survey.Oct 2, 2023 Over 60 percent of Gen Z have an anxiety disorder - The Hill https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/mental-health/4234365-over-60-percent-of-gen-z-have-an-anxiety-disorder/

Compared to older generations, Generation Z has reported a higher prevalence of mental health problems than older generations. One's capacity to have meaningful relationships with other people and to truly experience love can be hindered by mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.May 25, 2023 Love In Gen Z World - Medium https://medium.com › hello-love Love In Gen Z World - Medium

rates of type 2 diabetes have increased among young people in the past 20 years, including both Gen Z and millennials. This is closely linked to rates of childhood obesity and obesity. More than half of Gen Z adults – about 56% of Americans ages 18 to 25 – are overweight or obese.Nov 20, 2023 Millennials vs. Gen Z: Which Generation is Healthier? mibluesperspectives.com https://www.mibluesperspectives.com › stories › millenni...

I tried to respond to an article that sought to defend Gen Z issues partly by arguing that.

One problem with people in our generation is doing something that we dislike and have no passion for. Many young people feel pressured by their parents or others to get a well-paying job. These jobs include doctor, lawyer, engineer, nurse, and many others. They force themselves to enjoy it because of salaries. Even the highly-paid jobs aren’t enough to make a living.

But a problem with doing what others want you to do is that you don’t think about yourself and what you like. Instead, you’re stuck with a job that you hate

My response which the software would not allow was,

The attempt to defend Gen Z actually is an indictment of overall selfishness (and that it is parents) relative to historical ones, notably the so-called "Greatest Generation."

Meaning that its dislike of work is blamed on "doing what others want you to do is that you don’t think about yourself and what you like." forcing themselves to obtain work that they have no passion for because of salaries, and complain even the highly-paid jobs aren’t enough to "make a living.'

Yet in the past people appreciated just having a job, and were frugal in order to survive, and had children they often did not plan for or could afford without sacrifice on the part of the whole.

Which meant appreciating what you had, while learning to share and survive, and deal with relationships (and endure conflicts) and sacrifice for the common good. Yet there was more freedom to do so.

My dad and brothers and sisters went thru the depression, and he and his friends converted a gas engine into a diesel (don't ask me how), built their own trailer and lived out of it while they went to welding school (and later taught my younger brother to do so), and later fought in WW2, then was married, and raised 5 children in a stable family (weekly church, chores - and later 0.15 cents allowance - and good home-cooked meals together and outside play, but no swearing, nor soap operas, and very limited entertainment, mainly on a small B+W TV with rabbit ears - and a little spanking) all of which are productive citizens with many found memories, thank God.

At age 14, I was told to either get a job or work that summer on the small area we owned. I choose the paid route at a local dairy, with my first task cleaning the rest room. Worked there about 18 years, and never asked for a raise. (Until called me into working to save souls without solicitation or gov. welfare, thank God).

Which era has overall resulted in the highest standard of living known to man. "Poverty" now means having things previous generations did not even dream of, and with multiple and often overlapping sources of welfare (I have lived in a low-income city - by choice - for years) sometimes worrying you did not have enough money for the food you feel you need.

However, affliction and adversity are only two tests of character, both of a person and a nation with affluence being the test that few pass, as with the Greatest Generation" and which America is exampling.

Thus progressively loosing aspects of character essential for any nation, which is formed in families and the local culture and that of the nation.

Resulting in increasing moral confusion, and insecurity and lack of purpose and direction, and lack of gratitude, with instability within (and wanton violence). and from without.

But God/Christ does not change, nor man's ability to make choices, with consequences, varying in scope and degree, for time and for eternity.

[Phoenix8]

Some of this is feel good BS for us older people.

I retired early from my profession after 31.5 years 7 years ago. I was only in my mid-50s and I searched for a part time/temporary job and couldn’t even get but 1 interview. And I was looking for entry level jobs etc. I ended up doing my own little part time business as I just simply gave up. (and I’m college educated).

What truths are in this piece are countered by a very real age discrimination culture that exists.

That’s my experience.

[cyclotic]

We have four kids, two millenials and two Gen Z. All are independent, well adjusted and very gainfully employed. The Z’s are an Aerospace engineer and a professional trucker.

All four are single, but the oldest got a nice new rock on her finger last week.

All were home educated in a Christian home. Both of those are likely huge factors in their lives.

All are conservative and attend church as well as giving time to various ministries. Again, that comes from their upbringing because they saw us do the same.

[occamrzr06]

unfiltered access to the news

More like 24/7 propaganda.

The ones I've seen are mostly uneducated, entitled miscreants.

[Alberta's Child]

There’s another angle to your story that you may be overlooking. Many employers are reluctant to hire someone who has already retired once because they don’t expect you to stay around for very long. This is especially true in any industry where entry-level workers are groomed for long careers.

[crusty old prospector]

Cell phones, covid lockdown, and video games.

[mewzilla]

Interesting about the struggling with eye contact thing...

That might be a cultural issue.

Note to employers: Have you tried interviewing American citizens?

Just a thought.

[daniel1212]

All were home educated in a Christian home. Both of those are likely huge factors in their lives. All are conservative and attend church as well as giving time to various ministries. Again, that comes from their upbringing because they saw us do the same.

Indeed, thank God, but which sets them in contrast, every generation since at least about 1940 has been the most Biblical ignorant and morally confused that the US has ever raised. And.

Gen Z adults are notably less likely to identify as white Christians (27%) compared to baby boomers (54%), and more likely to identify as religiously unaffiliated (33%) than every generation except millennials.Jan 23, 2024 Exclusive poll: Gen Z is less religious, less Republican than others - https://www.axios.com/2024/01/23/gen-z-less-religious-more-liberal-lgbtq 2024/01/23

der generations to join an established religion, far more likely to identify as LGBTQ and generally are less likely to be Republican, a new survey shows.

Why it matters: Gen Z — which includes those born between 1997 and 2012 — is the most racially and ethnically diverse generation in U.S. history, and an estimated 40.8 million Gen Zers will be eligible to vote in 2024.

The big picture: The survey by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute confirms the left-leaning beliefs of Gen Z shown by other studies.

• It also gives more details about their identities and religious habits that reflect broader shifts in American culture.

By the numbers: Gen Z adults — who now make up about 1 in 6 of the Americans eligible to vote — are more politically left than older Americans, with 43% of them identifying as liberal, the survey found.

• With the exception of millennials, who were born between 1981 and 1996, Gen Z adults are notably less likely than those in other generations to identify as conservative.

  About 58% of Gen Z adults (including 74% of Gen Z Democrats) agree that "we won't be able to solve the country's big problems until the older generation no longer holds power."

[mewzilla]

Not the case in my neck of the woods.

Retirees get paid through the nose, but especially with the real geezers, employers aren’t on the hook for bennies and healthcare.

And as for long term, in this economy, and in NYS, long-term doesn’t mean what it used to.

We don’t know any young’uns being called back, but plenty of geezers.

[cuban leaf]

In April of 2020 shortly after we went to work from home for the “two weeks”, I was written up for calling covid the China virus. Which is exactly what our president had called it.

That was the day I quiet quit, and a little over a year later I retired.

These have been the best years of my life so far. I’ll never go back to that cubicle farm workforce. Even if it is work from home.

[Flavious_Maximus]

The absolute worst are female Pygmy cannibals. They are extremely entitled, egotistic, racist troublemakers and incompetent worthless losers.

Example: Fanny Willis, Latetia James, Tanya Chutkan. /spit

[MayflowerMadam]

Geezers rule!

Still, Covid is a Factor.

Hubby is a retired Physicist, and volunteered at a hospital lab a couple years before Covid, and before that a couple years with Hospice.

He’d love to go back and do either one, but both require the clot shot.

Lose a highly trained professional requiring NO pay and NO benefits all because of a hoax.

[cuban leaf]

Before I retired I was in IT since 1983. I worked at 18 companies because most of my career I was a contractor. It was significantly better money and the jobs were so plentiful that once a contract ended the next one usually began the next week. Assuming I wanted to enter the workforce as it currently exists I am confident I could still go back. I am getting tons of requests in my email and although some of them are simply computer generated, others are not.

But there’s no way I’m entering the workforce as a currently exists. I have toyed with the idea of doing a day or two a week at Lowe’s on the floor. Just for fun. But frankly in return I’m way too busy. I’ve got 32 acres to maintain and I’m in a band and I teach Sunday school.

[linMcHlp]

bkmk

[Dan in Wichita]

It’s no surprise Gen Z kids are poor at interviews. They can’t look up from their phones long enough to make eye contact and provide a coherent response.

[cyclotic]

I got called on the carpet for my wrongthink too. It was in response to a direct question. My boss agreed with my opinion but told me that he was chewing me out just because he was told to and agreed with my opinion. It was more just so he could say he did it and I really didn’t care about the twit who “turned me in.”

I’m not far from being able to retire. My wife and I were just talking about a Home Depot job. I have actual expertise in one of their departments so I’d be a good hire.

I do customer product training and am really good at it. One of my other thoughts is to continue to work for the company on a consultant basis doing strictly specific training events.

[daniel1212]

Not the case in my neck of the woods. Retirees get paid through the nose, but especially with the real geezers, employers aren’t on the hook for bennies and healthcare.

Research says,

Baby boomers have the largest net worth Baby boomers own 52.8% of all wealth in the U.S., compared to 5.7% of millennials, according to the Federal Reserve.Nov 14, 20 - https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2023/11/14/millennials-baby-boomers-differences-university-cambridge-study/71574991007/

More Than Half of US Wealth Belongs to Baby Boomers [how is the issue] Nasdaq https://www.nasdaq.com › articles › more-than-half-of-... Aug 27, 2023 — Americans have roughly $156 trillion in assets, according to Visual Capitalist, but half of that wealth — $78.1 trillion — belongs to the ...

Are millennials worse off than baby boomers? The Hill https://thehill.com › homenews › 4319352-are-millenni... Nov 26, 2023 — Wealth: Millennials at the 90th percentile of wealth distribution in the U.S. possessed about 20% more wealth than boomers did at 35 ($457,000 ...

• Marriage: Millennials tended to postpone marriage. Approximately 27% of boomers got married and had children earlier, while only 13% of millennials followed a similar path.
• Debt: Millennials were also more likely to be in debt: 68% held any kind of debt at 35, compared to 43% of boomers.
• Net worth: About 14% of millennials had negative net worth by 35, which means their debts exceeded their assets, compared to only 8.7% of boomers

The 'wealth transfer' from baby boomers won't save Gen X ... NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com › business › consumer › gen... Dec 29, 2023 — The 'wealth transfer' from boomers won't save Gen X and millennials. Experts say baby boomers will give more than $50 trillion to their heirs.

[jeffc]

...unfiltered access to the news for most of their lives, which can lead to stress, anxiety, and other mental health issues...

Darn shame; can't deal with real life...

[C210N]

Interesting about the struggling with eye contact thing...

That might be a cultural issue.

It's a cell phone and electronic "animals" thing.

Spend your formative years staring down a screen, interacting with some pet electronics, and human eye contact is a foreign concept.

[daniel1212]

In April of 2020 shortly after we went to work from home for the “two weeks”, I was written up for calling covid the China virus. Which is exactly what our president had called it. That was the day I quiet quit, and a little over a year later I retired. These have been the best years of my life so far. I’ll never go back to that cubicle farm workforce. Even if it is work from home.

Meaning that while reproductive rights infanticide, LGBTQ flag waving and gender fluidity and cross dressing and use of preferred pronouns are to be tolerated, and even celebrated by all, in any way opposing an experimental vaccine is not, but punished.

However, there is always employment in the kingdom of God for those who come clean before Him for actual sins, effectually believing in the Divine Son who saves sinners by His sinless shed blood. The ultimate antidote, thank God.