Topic

Gen Z in the workforce

How workers born roughly from the late 1990s to the early 2010s enter employment and the workplace expectations associated with them.

Current clusters

leadership1 publisher

AI prompting is exposing some Gen Z workers' weak typing skills

Young people who write AI prompts are drilling their typing, Business Insider reports, with one 23-year-old reaching 170 words per minute. The reporting is anecdotal, but it is enough to stop managers assuming younger hires arrive able to type.

Publishers:businessinsider.com

Reality

Evidence25
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+30
Incentives30
Confidence30

leadership2 publishers

Recruiters split over interview iced coffee in a market with 1.1 openings per job seeker

The viral argument over whether a candidate may carry a latte into an interview is running in a hiring market at little more than half its 2022 openings ratio, where rejected applicants are rarely told why.

Publishers:businessinsider.comentrepreneur.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption: Insufficient
Hype gap+30
Incentives40
Confidence60