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

  • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    111·
    1 year ago

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

    Who the hell does that? Even by highschool kids should be sorting out their life affairs independent of their parents.

    Though the reason behind recent graduates getting looked over is simple. There are a lot of people on the job market with experience, especially in industries like tech with the tech bubble bursting (probably the worst time to graduate in tech is now), so recent graduates have to compete with experienced workers. And the experienced worker will win almost every time. Similar happened after 2008 to recent millenial graduates, it’s when the whole “millenials are lazy/immature” thing kicked off. It’s seems to be a cycle. In a decades time/when the next major global economic event takes place, experienced Gen Z workers will be getting all the job offers, and the next generation to graduate will get the short end of the stick.

    • magnetosphere@kbin.social
      4·
      1 year ago

      I’ve never been in a position to make hiring decisions, and probably never will. If I ever am, though, an interviewee being interviewed with a parent would be a HUGE red flag (unless there was an obvious medical reason).

      If the parent was just there for moral support and stayed in the lobby, fine. Unusual, but fine.

    • 420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      The “1 in 5” probably makes it sound way more prevalent than it actually is.

      • Say you have 5 companies that interviewed 200 people each in the recent past
      • 1 candidate had a parent come to their interview (which could mean “driving them to the interview and waiting in the lobby,” which is still weird but nowhere near the connotation of “sat in and listened to interview questions”)
      • 1 in 5 companies will report they’ve had a parent come to an interview, even though 0.1% of candidates brought a parent