Why is it so hard for people our age (Gen Z) to get jobs?

To be fair to Gen z, they can do many things I can't. I have no clue about these social media apps . I have an insta account because by team member made one for me. The average Gen z would rate me as digitally illiterate.

The attitude problem everyone is talking about may be true! But the GenZ kids whom I worked with used to work like any freshers before, with a chill attitude. In my opinion, that's a good thing, as long as you do your job.

Gen Z are great and resourceful but are impatient. Work getting done in corporates. They want things quick but are willing to put in the effort for the same. And yes, skills are needed which are realtime and not just tech.

m a social media executive but recently have started taking interviews on behalf of my company and one thing I’ve noticed about the gen-z candidates is that almost most of them (8-10) have a very casual attitude towards work. So moving ahead with their application gets a bit doubtful, what if they keep this casual attitude towards work and end up screwing up. There might be other aspects as well but this is something that I have personally notice

Genz's are not sincere, complain a lot, can't get anything done, don't care about the business, dont put effort to learn, more lazier than us.

The work setup here is at a fast paced becoming western. Even lifestyle wise. So we overestimate our skills. For example a skilled worker minimum pay in Delhi is about 900 rupees or a total of 30k whereas the same job if offered in jaipur is about 750 or so or a total close to 20k or so. Please note I said skilled worker. That means they are the ones with skills and will require minimal training to get ball rolling. Whereas the fresh graduates do not learn anything about industry because of our education system, and if they ask for 35k in Delhi why would a Comoany hire them. Also there are many skilled worker with experience standing in line to eat up your jobs. I mean our company hired a digital marketing manager with 2 years experience and in interview she said she know all aspect of the job and right after a week she did something to website of client and made it crash. That thing was unusable for over 5 business hours before she came to specialists to take their help to correct it. So you can see from this example why gen z are not preferred. If you vet them you will not get anyone suitable in the role. It is all a "fudge all" place mate. With so many uncertainties in economics majority of gen z will not see jobs soon. Even if there are jobs it will be super competitive. Market is tough man real tough. And as we know tough ain't enough.

If it helps, Ill start by telling you upfront that your generation itself is knee deep in a shit storm. You fellas don't show respect. A job requires seriousness and commitment. Ever since these notions of being "chill", showing "attitude" and "flexing" materialistic achievements have crept into your minds thanks largely to the proliferation of social media, things have taken a severe downturn. Your sense of entitlement is totally misplaced. Add to it the dawn of influencer culture and every better than average looking ones among you have started to nurture a misconception that you are earmarked for marketing. Shitf*ckery that attracts equally low IQ viewers is not the same as content creation that builds brands. For instance, I can find a spelling mistake in your intro itself. Finally, while human intelligence is on the decline, the artificial intelligence is on the rise, further exacerbating the problem.

They all want 60lpa faang jobs but most of them doesn't even have the basic skills.