Monday workday blues have been a long-standing challenge, but the rise of Gen Z and TikTok has turned ‘Bare Minimum Monday’s into a viral trend that has caught managers’ attention. Like the concept of quiet quitting, low performance on Mondays might go unnoticed initially, but as deadlines slip and workloads accumulate, addressing this phenomenon becomes crucial. The question arises: should …
Self-Reliant Gen Zers Take the Road Less Traveled
Gen Zers are constantly learning. But not necessarily by earning the traditional college degree. Through the pandemic years, college enrollments actually dropped 6.6%. That’s 1,025,600 students! Associate degrees fell by 6.2%. But that doesn’t mean Gen Zs aren’t motivated to learn. A recent study showed 56% of Gen Z teens prefer skills-based jobs in fields like STEM. As tech-savvy digital …
Can Hiring Gen Z Help Ease a Return to the Office?
In last month’s Partnership Employment blog, Relocating Offices? Mindful Choices to Support Employee Wellbeing, we focused on ways to get people, especially Baby Boomers and Millennials, excited about returning to the office. Relocating or remodeling with employees’ physical and mental health in mind were options designed to tempt the remote-insistent folks to rejoin their colleagues for a more human-centered experience. …
