by After having complained for the majority of two years that Gen -Grads are difficult to work with, bosses no longer all talk, no action: now they quickly fire young employees who are only a few months after hiring them.
AWith a new report, six out of 10 employers say that they have already dismissed some of the Gen Z employees that they have taken fresh from the university earlier this year.
Intelligent.com, a platform that focuses on helping young professionals to navigate the future of the work, interrogates nearly 1,000 American leaders. It turned out that the shortcomings of the 2024 class will influence future grads.
After experiencing a series of problems with young new employees, one in six bosses says that they hesitate to hire university degrees again.
In the meantime, one in seven bosses has admitted that they cannot hire this year.
Three quarters of the companies surveyed said that some or all their recent graduated employees were unsatisfactory in one way or another.
So what goes wrong for graduates with a fresh face?
The complaint from employers with young people nowadays is their lack of motivation or initiative – 50% of the leaders investigated, it called that the reason why things were not possible with their new recruitment.
Bosses also pointed out that it is unorganized and have poor communication skills as their main reasons for having to dismiss grads.
Leaders say they have struggled with the tangible challenges of the newest generation, including often too late to work and often meetings, do not wear clothing suitable in the office and use language that is suitable for the workspace.
Now, more than half of the recruitment managers have come to the conclusion that university degrees are not prepared for the world of work. In the meantime, more than 20% say that they cannot process the workload.
In reality, colleges know that their students are completely unprepared for the workforce and that some have started filling the gap.
Michigan State University is for example Students learn to deal with a network interview, Including how you can look for drawing that the other party is starting to get bored and that it is time to continue.
In the meantime, a secondary school in London is testing a 12 -hour school day to prepare students for adult life.
To the question of what university degrees would make more recruiting, bosses responded: a positive attitude and more initiative.
Intelligent’s Chief Education and Career Development Advisor, Huy Nguyen, advises Gen Z Grads to observe how other employees deal with the corporate culture at every new company with which they can participate. From there it is easier to gauge what a suitable way is to deal with others.
