Gen Z is not prepared for the real world – and no one teaches them how to be: Justice B. Hill

Cleveland, Ohio – I hate to beat like a whey like piñatas, but I suppose the pregnancy has to fall on someone, right? I will accept it.

Here I go: the Z’ers generation is poorly prepared for the workforce! There are all the things that an employment manager does not want and I doubt that they are doing a lot to make them more capable of falling at work.

Now, don’t hit you so hard. He didn’t even accuse me of having no empathy for them. I just share with you what the Fortune magazine said about the Gen Z grades in an article last month.

According to the article, the bosses find gen Z’ers – born between 1997 and 2012 – have no motivation and communication skills; Are disorganized and unprofessional. In order to cite the wealth, “… more than half of the employment managers have come to the conclusion that college degrees are not prepared for the world of work.”

I shared the Fortune article with a friend and here’s what she sent: Guy in the office spends his phone all the time – buying crypto and sports bets. He is almost 30 years old and literally cannot trust him to complete a task. Cute guy but …

Do I have to quote more of her text?

I think no.

Before I continue, I think I have to correct the wealth first. The news organization has meant Generation Alpha, but I can attest that its criticisms also apply to Z’ers. Both lost the ethics of work.

However, as restless as this thought is, I realize that the problem is not an elderly. The magazine emphasized that the colleges knew – yes, knew – their grades were not prepared for the job.

How could they be prepared?

Years ago, colleges turned people into movement into their mission. They have become assembly lines: Put parts and something will come to an end. Nowhere in this process is there a button that would push a defective product.

Another friend, whose daughter is an alpha, blamed her parents’ struggles for what was wrong with Z’ers. He showed redundancies for their parents, low salaries for parents. “It is easy to say” what is the purpose “when all you see is that the rich become richer,” he told me.

What is the point?

For an increasing number of bosses, the idea is a subordinate productivity and a work environment that cannot be managed. It is true, maybe, many bosses are waiting for more from their new employment. I think I understand that. When they do not get it, they decided to stop complaining about the employee. Instead, they quickly get rid of the dead weight, those gardens who want the salary, but not the requirements to win it.

So, let’s go: for parents with children in college (or high school), you must insist that educators teach them how to sail at work, that educators preach the importance of excellence just to get a completed project.

Hey wait a second! Is the task of the educator? Can’t do, but so much. Should the parent play the leadership in this soap opera?

Indeed, parents should. They must learn (or preach) the value of presenting themselves to work on time, bringing fresh ideas in discussions, staying curious and, of course, packing their iPhone and stopping your friends’ messages.

Their friends will be around when it will be time to go home. They could not be their job.

Justice B. Hill He graduated from Glenville High School. He has spent over 25 years in daily journalism as a reporter, editor of children and sports editor. He taught journalism at Ohio University for six years before giving up May 15, 2019 to write Globetrot. He does both.