Gen Z Believes They Shouldn't Need a Skillset to Get a Job, Just a Winning Personality

Red State ^ | 11/20/2023 | Joe Cunningham

[drwoof]

“You have to be a problem solver to remain employed.”

And that’s it, in a nutshell. Be the guy everyone knows as that guy who’ll know what to do when things go south.

[Flatus I. Maximus]

The root of the problem is insecure managers who hire for personal validation, not work skills. Baby boomer managers who did that were long ago selected out of the workplace by evolution and are saying “Welcome to Wal-Mart” now, but there are still plenty of Gen X and Millennial managers hiring people based on how the new hire makes them feel about themselves. “I’m so progressive! I just hired a [insert label here]!”

Meanwhile the older competent employees who are going to have to pick up the slack are muttering, “Oh [expletive], not *another* [label].”

[Sgt_Schultze]

A “winning personality” is basically the premier skillset for a salesperson, a politician, or for waitstaff. If that is their chosen profession, GenZers are suitably equipped. For anything else, they’ll need more specific skills.

[Justa]

From their education, the media, MSM, movies, TikTok, etc. they are being conditioned to fail. In 20 years their minds will be completely broken ushering in totalitarianism.

They are serfs.

[Myrddin]

You arrived just in time to rescue that team from a disaster. QA is critical. When I wrote all of the flight performance code for the Embraer Phenom 100, I had 5,000 unit tests that ran multiple times per day. The code was fully vetted against the manufacturers manuals and certified equivalent. One of my performance goals that year was to get the project ISO9000-2015 certified. The effort applied to that goal paid dividends in quality...and we were certified.

Congrats on getting to retirement. I hope you get to enjoy it. I'm uncertain about leaving my team with the current world events. Retirement can wait a bit.

[TangoLimaSierra]

I recently saw a video of a GenZ'r whining about businesses requiring life experience.

She insisted that college should be adequate life experience.

[Albion Wilde]

It's cool and all if you're "approachable" and... "bring the vibes," but when that is used to make up for your deficits in actual workplace efficiency, you're doing no one any favors.

Meghan Markle was the personality hire in the UK Royal Family. Until her deficits took over.

[MinorityRepublican]

They are serfs.

And they'll vote to allow more Muslim immigration. But I hope not.

[minnesota_bound]

A Millennial Job Interview 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo0KjdDJr1c

Interviewer: I’m surprised you did not say Facebook
Millennial : ‘laughing’ Facebook!, that’s for old people like my parents.... that’s funny.

[steve86]

“I have several. Gen z grandkids”

So do I, live with me. Get a very modest allowance but typically double it with extra chores. Older one works in the stadium at school games.

[bobbo666]

For some jobs this is reasonable. Think of all the candy store eye candy bimbos acting as building receptionists. All they need is a nice smile, nice body, and knowledge of how to steer people on.

[dfwgator]

The IT Crowd - Jen’s Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuPolrd9yuo

[Keyhopper]

Handyman, the next doctor lawyer

[Mr. Blond]

If schools are a waste of time, aside from the vocational, employers should probably just do personality and aptitude tests, and train the best candidates themselves.

[sit-rep]

Ha!! theyd fit right in in my local Tile Trade(Union)... there were many who werent worth af, but boy could they talk and woo all at break conversations!! the job near ended, and the good guys were let go, and the talkers stayed. it was/is a joke!