In the United States, helicopter parenting, or arranged parenting, has reached a new level.
A new survey has found that employers are sparing no effort to avoid hiring recent college graduates in favor of older workers. The survey reveals a number of reasons why employers favor older candidates, including Gen Z candidates who even bring their parents for interviews.
Last December, intelligent, a magazine focused on student life, surveyed 800 managers, supervisors and administrators involved in the hiring process. The survey found that 39% of employers actively avoid hiring recent college graduates for positions for which they are qualified.
One in five (19%) of the 800 people surveyed said recent college graduates bring their parents with them for job interviews. But that's not the only thing holding employers back from hiring Gen Z job seekers.
One in five employers say recent college graduates are interviewed"Unprepared"and often unprofessional.
Fifty-three percent of employers surveyed said recent college graduates struggle with eye contact.
Fifty percent of employers surveyed said they were asking for unreasonable compensation, 47 percent said they were inappropriately attiring for an interview, and 21 percent said they refused to turn on their cameras during a virtual interview.
But Diane M. Gaisky, a professor of strategic communications at Ithaca CollegeGaieski argues that these actions are not entirely their fault – many are indirect. Parents now even arrange for their adult children"Dating"to help them find friends.
Gairski said in the report:"Employers need to recognise that young people graduating from college have been disrupted in their education and social and professional development for more than two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The current seniors are in their freshman year at the height of COVID. They are likely to take classes online and will not be able to participate in clubs, internships, or summer jobs"。
Additionally, 63% of those involved in recruitment claim that recent college graduates can't manage their workload, 61% say they are often late for work, 59% claim they often miss deadlines, and 53% point out that they are often late for meetings.
Of those surveyed, 47% admitted that they had laid off a recent college graduate.
At the same time, employers are struggling to avoid hiring recent graduates in favor of offering more benefits to older workers (60%), paying older workers higher salaries (59%), allowing older workers to work remotely or in a hybrid environment (48%), and hiring older workers for positions they are not qualified for (46%).