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VOA教育报道2024--US Businesses Concerned about Hiring Young, ‘Gen Z’ Workers

时间:2024-04-01 01:56:27

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US Businesses Concerned about Hiring Young, ‘Gen Z’ Workers

  A recent report from a higher education advising organization says nearly 40 percent of American employers avoid offering jobs to recent college graduates.

  They said members of Generation Z, or ‘Gen Z,' the group of Americans born between 1997 and 2012, make a lot of mistakes in job interviews. They say they would rather employ older workers who work harder and are dependable.

  The research comes from Intelligent, an organization that does research about higher education, the job market and helps young people prepare for college and work.

  Unfavorable reviews

  The report came out in December and notes that, of 800 directors, managers and executives asked questions, 38 percent said they favor older workers. About 20 percent of employers said young people brought a parent with them to a job interview. Almost 60 percent of those surveyed said recent college graduates are unprepared for work and about half said they had to dismiss, or fire, a recent college graduate. Others said the young workers do not take criticism well.

  Because of bad experiences with younger workers, more than half of the business leaders said they are putting policies in place that older workers want. For example, they are offering benefits that are important to older workers, paying higher salaries and permitting older workers to work from home. They also say they are willing to employ an older employee who is "overqualified" if it means they do not have to employ a younger worker.

  One respondent gave an example of a Gen Z job seeker who refused to turn on their camera during a video interview.

  Lack of motivation

  Michael Connors is a recruiter in the Washington, D.C. area. That means he helps companies find job candidates. He said he is not surprised by the survey results. He said employers have real questions about the young job seekers.

  He asked: "Do they even want this job, or do they just go through the motions?"

  He said he has not had a job candidate say they will not use their camera for interviews. However, he has had some candidates choose noisy places for calls. One was sitting outside a shopping center during the interview.

  Adam Capozzi is the career services director at Syracuse University in New York state. He said while many students are very good about online communication, managing data and have experience with spreadsheets, they need help with the "soft skills." Soft skills, he said, include making introductions in business settings, offering a good handshake, or even knowing how to ask for a business card.

  Soft skills

  Capozzi said students should pay special attention to three things when looking for jobs:

  dressing1 well for interviews

  making sure that their social media and LinkedIn profiles tell a story of their "core mission, vision and values,"

  learn that networking is "so much more than going to a career fair."

  "You could be in an elevator at a specific office building or at a different establishment and bump into someone and strike up a 30-second conversation and not know who they are associated with and a positive first impression can lead to further conversation."

  Diane Gayeski is a professor of strategic communications at Ithaca College in New York state. She worked on the survey.

  She said one reason some members of Gen Z are having trouble is that the pandemic disrupted activities that lead to job-hunting success. She noted2 that some students missed out on internships and the chance to meet professionals who visited college campuses as guest speakers.

  "Part of college readiness, college's ability to make students ready for their careers are the things that they experience outside the classroom, such as engaging with people who are different than they are and being able to work on projects that are in the community and engaging in internships, and all of that just didn't exist."

  Managers noted that many students became used to missing project time limit dates, or deadlines, and class time. During the pandemic, some teachers eased a lot of rules.

  But in the workplace, employers are not as permissive.

  Kristin Williams is the Director of Career Services at Kent State University's business school in Ohio. She said she sees strong and promising4 students all the time. However, some of them do miss deadlines.

  She notes part of that might be left over from the pandemic, when "we didn't know what was going to happen tomorrow." However, she said employers should be willing to train new employees who are having problems.

  "Again, do we like it when those things happen? Absolutely not. I'm frustrated5 when a deadline is missed or there's repeated asks for an extension. At some point, someone has to be responsible for coaching [them] through that."

  Williams said new employees need to be taught how to tell their supervisors6 they might miss a deadline ahead of time. And they should be taught how to prioritize the most important tasks.

  Some of the criticisms in the Intelligent survey are part of having several generations in the workforce7 at the same time, Williams said. But she said that the Gen Z workers might make a "positive shift" in the workplace. She said other workers might end up working less, getting paid more and enjoying freedom to dress less formally at work because of Gen Z's behavior.

  She added, if 40 percent of employers are worried about Gen Z, that means 60 percent are not.

  Words in This Story

  interview –n. a meeting between a person seeking a position and a person who will help make that decision

  benefits –n. (pl.) things in addition to pay that are offered to someone to get them to work in a business, organization or government

  recruiter –n. a person who looks for candidates for employment

  disrupt –v. to prevent something or someone from working in the usual or desired way

  internship3 –n. a form of employment for young people who do not have experience, which gives them the chance to work in an industry or field

  absolutely –adv. completely (in agreement)

  frustrated –adj. feeling upset or hopeless about not getting what is wanted or needed

  prioritize –v. to arrange things in order of importance; to decide which thing is the most important


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1 dressing 1uOzJG     
n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料
参考例句:
  • Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
  • The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。
2 noted 5n4zXc     
adj.著名的,知名的
参考例句:
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
3 internship oqmzJB     
n.实习医师,实习医师期
参考例句:
  • an internship at a television station 在电视台的实习期
  • a summer internship with a small stipend 薪水微薄的暑期实习
4 promising BkQzsk     
adj.有希望的,有前途的
参考例句:
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
5 frustrated ksWz5t     
adj.挫败的,失意的,泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
参考例句:
  • It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
  • The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 supervisors 80530f394132f10fbf245e5fb15e2667     
n.监督者,管理者( supervisor的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • I think the best technical people make the best supervisors. 我认为最好的技术人员可以成为最好的管理人员。 来自辞典例句
  • Even the foremen or first-level supervisors have a staffing responsibility. 甚至领班或第一线的监督人员也有任用的责任。 来自辞典例句
7 workforce workforce     
n.劳动大军,劳动力
参考例句:
  • A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
  • A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

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