Why can't millennials find jobs?
Re: Why can't millennials find jobs?
by spacemonkey » Wed Nov 13, 2013 9:36 am
Could be to many want to start at the top just because they hold a degree.
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Re: Why can't millennials find jobs?
by Stratego » Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:07 am
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Re: Why can't millennials find jobs?
by Dylan » Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:17 am
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Re: Why can't millennials find jobs?
by Professor » Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:39 am
I think there's another facet to this.
The people who were born in the late 80s-90s and aren't able to find adequate (in their minds) jobs seem to want to latch onto the meme of "Millenials can't find job" and end up thinking that there is some worldwide systemic problem preventing them from finding jobs. Instead of trying to figure out why they, themselves, can't find a job, they identify with the group of "millenials" and say that jobs are scarce for all of them.
Conversely, the rest of the workforce (Gen X, Lost, Boomers, etc.) don't look at it like this, in majoriam. When hiring for a job, they aren't separating resumes into categories based on DOB, or looking at candidates with preconceived notions of "lazy" or "not a team player" because of their generational affiliation. They look at the qualifications, experience, salary requirements, etc. and choose the best candidate.
In short, Millenials label themselves as such and think that the world is biased against them as a group. But, the other generations hold no such notion.
And, how is it going to be changed? Basically, it won't. At least, not until Millenials start running things. When Gen X entered the workplace, they preferred to work alone (making huge generalizations here). Boomers, on the other hand, prefer to work in teams - they form a committee to study a problem, an implementation team to solve it, then a quality assurance group to monitor the results. Gen X wanted to work the problem on their own, analyzing huge amounts of data, sift through it using modern tools, arrive at a conclusion on a solution, then dictate the solution to others. But, since Boomers were in charge, then Gen X got used to being parts of a team. However, now that Gen Xers are rising to positions of prominence, we're finally able to go back to what we want, which is more working alone.
The people who were born in the late 80s-90s and aren't able to find adequate (in their minds) jobs seem to want to latch onto the meme of "Millenials can't find job" and end up thinking that there is some worldwide systemic problem preventing them from finding jobs. Instead of trying to figure out why they, themselves, can't find a job, they identify with the group of "millenials" and say that jobs are scarce for all of them.
Conversely, the rest of the workforce (Gen X, Lost, Boomers, etc.) don't look at it like this, in majoriam. When hiring for a job, they aren't separating resumes into categories based on DOB, or looking at candidates with preconceived notions of "lazy" or "not a team player" because of their generational affiliation. They look at the qualifications, experience, salary requirements, etc. and choose the best candidate.
In short, Millenials label themselves as such and think that the world is biased against them as a group. But, the other generations hold no such notion.
And, how is it going to be changed? Basically, it won't. At least, not until Millenials start running things. When Gen X entered the workplace, they preferred to work alone (making huge generalizations here). Boomers, on the other hand, prefer to work in teams - they form a committee to study a problem, an implementation team to solve it, then a quality assurance group to monitor the results. Gen X wanted to work the problem on their own, analyzing huge amounts of data, sift through it using modern tools, arrive at a conclusion on a solution, then dictate the solution to others. But, since Boomers were in charge, then Gen X got used to being parts of a team. However, now that Gen Xers are rising to positions of prominence, we're finally able to go back to what we want, which is more working alone.
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Re: Why can't millennials find jobs?
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