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

      • FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        261·
        11 months ago

        They are employers. If they say it’s because of the economy, it’ll fuck up the stonks further because the whole thing is vibes based.

        They are known to lie. See Target shoplifting claims which turned out to be bullshit.

          • FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
            221·
            11 months ago

            Thank you, I’m so glad we have employers telling us the reason why they are not hiring is because they hate zoomers even though they also know zoomers will be an important market to sell their commodities to, which they can’t buy without a job.

            • Zorque@kbin.social
              3·
              11 months ago

              If they cared about giving their employees enough money to buy extra things wages wouldn’t have stagnated for decades.

          • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
            201·
            11 months ago

            Consider the motivations of one internet commenter to lie, then weigh that against the motivations of an entire economic system predicated on finding excuses to underpay your labor force.

          • 420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
            81·
            11 months ago

            Thank goodness we have people willing to organically repeat what companies say with zero analysis, we don’t get enough of that in every major media outlet

      • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
        201·
        11 months ago

        Probably, yeah, its a survey with no stakes asking people to give unverified confirmation of biases and stereotypes that they likely want to support and proliferate.

        Weird to take it without a pillar of salt.

          • wildginger@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
            222·
            11 months ago

            You mean, beside the fact that I read almost this exact same survey a decade ago, saying almost the exact same thing about millenials? A thing proven to be untrue by the simple passage of time?

            Or beside the long history going back to literal documents from the roman empire of older people calling the younger generation lazy, incompetent, and unfit to fill the shoes of the current “of age” generation? Despite this trend being wrong each and every time?

            Or beside the fact that the survey has literally no way to back up its data as more than nonsense hearsay, and trusting it at all is inherently questionable?

            Yeah man, Im the one with biases. Surely. No other explanation.

          • 420blazeit69 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
            41·
            11 months ago

            It’s impossible to create a survey that transmits people’s actual thoughts directly to you. Every single survey, ever, has flaws and biases. The game is figuring out the bias, how significant it is, and if you can get anything useful out of the results.