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https://fortune.com/2024/02/09/gen-z-grad-two-degrees-breaks-down-tears-minimum-wage-employers-resume-in-person/

“I was so upset and disappointed in myself because growing up, I was told that if I get an education, if I go to college, then I’ll be successful,” Santos told Business Insider—and she’s not the first Gen Zer to complain about feeling tricked into pursuing further education.

Just last month, 27-year-old Robbie Scott similarly went viral on TikTok for insisting that Gen Z isn’t any less willing to work than generations before. Instead, he said, they are “getting angry and entitled and whiny” about the prospect of having to work hard for the rest of their adult life, only to “get nothing in return.”

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[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 91 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

first-time I just applied to a nursing home dietary aid the other day and never got even a fuck you back, college degree too lmao

[-] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 56 points 9 months ago

yea i think i get ignored by half the jobs i apply for, and the other half is an automated decline message. i think i get 1 callback for like... 100-200 applications. kinda hard to keep going.

and i have a degree + 2 years of experience in the industry :3

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 44 points 9 months ago

I was at 300 applications for 4 interviews and one offer, go into STEM they said, you'll be employable they said

[-] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 22 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

grillman: "Just get STEM only, bro."

Biology is laughed at as useless

grillman: "Lol JK, just learn to code, bro."

Coding becomes oversaturated

grillman: "Lol JK, just learn a trade, bro."

They come up with whatever excuse to not hire us this time

grillman: "Lol JK, just start your own business, bro."

With what money? We reinvented feudalism

grillman: "Well if you don't like it, just be reborn as a god and create your own planet, bro."

[-] SerLava@hexbear.net 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I want to leave my current job and I have 12 years of experience, applying to jobs that need anywhere from 3 to 10 years, applied to just over 100 so far, and I've had one interview for a posting requiring 5 years. No others. In that interview the guy said wow that experience is exactly what we need, about 3 times, then they emailed me the next day saying nah no thanks

[-] TheSpectreOfGay@hexbear.net 14 points 9 months ago

Oof, that's rough. I feel like everywhere wants the exact perfect candidate now, and would rather not hire anyone and keep throwing money at interviews rather than hire someone else.

Good luck with your hunt comrade meow-hug

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