Survey reveals tough job market for Gen Z grads due to employer preferences | WJLA
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A recent survey found nearly 40% of employers avoid hiring recent college graduates in favor of older employees.

WASHINGTON (TND) — A recent survey found nearly 40% of employers avoid hiring recent college graduates in favor of older employees.

Survey reveals tough job market for Gen Z grads due to employer preferences (TND)

According to Intelligent.com, Gen Z college graduates are struggling with many aspects of professional life.

Their survey of 800 U.S. managers, directors, and executives who are involved in hiring, found these key results:

38% of employers avoid hiring recent college graduates in favor of older employees

1 in 5 employers have had a recent college graduate bring a parent to a job interview

58% say recent college graduates are unprepared for the workforce

Nearly half of employers have had to fire a recent college graduate

  • Septimaeus@infosec.pubEnglish
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    8 months ago

    15 years ago I was a recent grad and they were talking the same kind of shit. Let’s stop this idiotic hazing ritual.

    I remember what it looks like and will not hesitate to call it out in my place of work. Other millennial hiring managers should do the same.

    • GuyMcGuy@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      8 months ago

      The thing is people come and go through this phase of life relatively briefly. Then it’s not their problem anymore. Nobody is in it long enough to care to change it.

      • Septimaeus@infosec.pubEnglish
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        8 months ago

        Maybe so, but if our generation knows what it’s like to find ladders pulled up and bridge lines cut, and we don’t care enough to build new ladders and bridges, who will?