BONUS BLOG: is gen z employable or not?

What say you? —

EXCERPT: We asked employers to identify the No. 1 value they desired in their new employees.

Achievement came in first; it’s the value of wanting accomplishments and success other people can see. That value comes in 11th for Generation Z; 61% wish they had less of it in their lives.

Next for the hiring managers was scope, which reflects the desire for learning, action and stimulation. That ranks 10th for Gen Z.

Third for hiring managers was “workcentrism,” the desire to work for work’s sake. That’s ninth for Gen Z.

We then calculated how many Generation Z respondents—7,563 of the 45,000 total people who took our test—identified achievement, scope and workcentrism in their top five values. Only 154, or 2.04%, did so.

The marketplace faces a values disconnect between generations that could reshape the future of work.

SOURCE: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/is-gen-z-unemployable-288d2ec9?st=gMcVyR&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

— Again: what say you?

ILLUSTRATION: MARTIN KOZLOWSKI