Oct 24, 2024 11:35 PM
(This post was last modified: Oct 24, 2024 11:48 PM by C C.)
1 in 6 companies are hesitant to hire recent college graduates (survey)
https://www.intelligent.com/1-in-6-compa...graduates/
EXCERPTS: Generation Z (Gen Z) has a reputation for being challenging to work with and difficult to manage. In August, Intelligent.com surveyed 966 business leaders involved in hiring decisions at their company to explore attitudes toward hiring recent Gen Z college graduates.
What we found:
The most frequently cited reasons for why these hires didn’t work out were a lack of motivation or initiative (50%), poor communication skills (39%), and a lack of professionalism (46%). Other factors included poor communication skills (39%), struggles with feedback (38%), and inadequate problem-solving abilities (34%).
[...] Hiring managers have several concerns about recent graduates in the workplace.
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of hiring managers surveyed believe that recent college graduates are entitled, and 63% think they get offended too easily. Additionally, more than half (55%) believe they lack a work ethic, and 54% say they don’t respond well to feedback. Similarly, 53% feel that Gen Z college graduates are unprepared for the workforce and believe they have poor communication skills.
[...] Nearly half (46%) of hiring managers believe that college graduates should definitely take office etiquette training, while 42% think they probably should.
Currently, 54% of companies offer such training, 48% make it mandatory for all new hires, 24% specifically require it for all Gen Z hires, and 16% mandate it for everyone at the company.
The majority (84%) of companies do plan to hire recent college graduates in 2025, while about 5% do not, and 10% are unsure.
[...] This online poll was commissioned by Intelligent.com and conducted on Pollfish in August 2024. In total, 966 business leaders completed the survey. (MORE - missing details)
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Parody Corner: The first neurodivergent population molded by smartphones, or will that only be fully realized with Generation Alpha? Generations of the past (like the New Left era) felt that the "world owed them something" [entitlement], so it seems difficult to highlight that as unique. Unless it is manifesting in some radical new way via the non-neurotypical context.
https://www.intelligent.com/1-in-6-compa...graduates/
EXCERPTS: Generation Z (Gen Z) has a reputation for being challenging to work with and difficult to manage. In August, Intelligent.com surveyed 966 business leaders involved in hiring decisions at their company to explore attitudes toward hiring recent Gen Z college graduates.
What we found:
- 75% of companies report that some or all of the recent college graduates they hired this year were unsatisfactory
- 6 in 10 companies fired a recent college graduate they hired this year
- 1 in 6 hiring managers say they are hesitant to hire from this cohort
- Hiring managers say recent college grads are unprepared for the workforce, can’t handle the workload, and are unprofessional
- 1 in 7 companies may refrain from hiring recent college graduates next year
- 9 in 10 hiring managers say recent college graduates should undergo etiquette training
The most frequently cited reasons for why these hires didn’t work out were a lack of motivation or initiative (50%), poor communication skills (39%), and a lack of professionalism (46%). Other factors included poor communication skills (39%), struggles with feedback (38%), and inadequate problem-solving abilities (34%).
[...] Hiring managers have several concerns about recent graduates in the workplace.
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of hiring managers surveyed believe that recent college graduates are entitled, and 63% think they get offended too easily. Additionally, more than half (55%) believe they lack a work ethic, and 54% say they don’t respond well to feedback. Similarly, 53% feel that Gen Z college graduates are unprepared for the workforce and believe they have poor communication skills.
[...] Nearly half (46%) of hiring managers believe that college graduates should definitely take office etiquette training, while 42% think they probably should.
Currently, 54% of companies offer such training, 48% make it mandatory for all new hires, 24% specifically require it for all Gen Z hires, and 16% mandate it for everyone at the company.
The majority (84%) of companies do plan to hire recent college graduates in 2025, while about 5% do not, and 10% are unsure.
[...] This online poll was commissioned by Intelligent.com and conducted on Pollfish in August 2024. In total, 966 business leaders completed the survey. (MORE - missing details)
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Parody Corner: The first neurodivergent population molded by smartphones, or will that only be fully realized with Generation Alpha? Generations of the past (like the New Left era) felt that the "world owed them something" [entitlement], so it seems difficult to highlight that as unique. Unless it is manifesting in some radical new way via the non-neurotypical context.