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Hindustan Times
05-08-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
'Not a real commitment': Manager says hiring Gen Z feels like chasing a casual collab
Gen Z and traditional work culture don't always match, and a manager's viral Reddit post has shown how big the gap can actually be. An honest post about hiring Gen Z from a manager went viral online.(Pexels/Representational Image) The post, shared by a manager, described how Gen Z's often see jobs in a different way. However in the post, Gen Z was praised for being tech-savvy, confident, and open about mental health. But the manager also shared some frustrations. In the post, the manager (@CaregiverRoutine3258) mentions that some job seekers came late to interviews, didn't show up for second rounds, or turned down offers because full-time remote work wasn't available. A few new hires even asked for flexible hours just days after joining, or didn't take feedback well. 'They act like a job is a short-term collab, not a real commitment,' the manager wrote. 'I respect boundaries, but basic professionalism still matters.' Check out the post here: The manager's take on Gen Z work habits.(@CaregiverRoutine3258/Reddit) "Gen Z wants flexibility, purpose, and $100K all on day one," the caption of the post reads. Gen Z and the 'career catfishing' trend: Gen Z is also making waves with a new trend called 'career catfishing.' According to a report by CVGenius, an online CV platform, career catfishing is when Gen Z employees accept job offers but then don't show up on their first day, and give no notice. Here's how people reacted to this post: The Reddit post sparked a mix of reactions online. Some users agreed with the manager, saying they had faced similar challenges with Gen Z's expecting too much, too soon. Others defended Gen Z, arguing that the generation is simply setting healthy boundaries and refusing to settle for outdated work norms. One of the users, @Paxa, commented, 'They're probably just more vocal about it. I wanted that too as a Millennial. Reality hit pretty fast and showed that it wasn't going to happen.' Another user, @BitLegit8, commented, 'And Gen X & Boomers want us to buy their houses worth 75k for 425k with a 60k salary and 16k daycare bill… so we're all a little delusional, I suppose.' A few users pointed out that both sides need to adapt; managers should modernise their approach, while young workers should understand that jobs still come with basic responsibilities.
News18
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
‘Maza Nahi Aa Raha': This ROFL Video Perfectly Sums Up Gen Z's Corporate Mindset
Last Updated: RJ Megha quipped that while corporate bosses drained their employees for years, Gen Z managed to return the favour in just one. Gen Z's approach to corporate life is anything but ordinary, and it is leaving people amused, confused and very curious. From setting unapologetic boundaries to disappearing without notice, their work habits are now being hilariously summed up in a video shared by RJ Megha in an Instagram video. The video opened with her saying, 'Gen Z ka janam hua hai corporate waalo ko sudharne ke liye. Gen Z at work is my favourite genre (Gen Z was born to reform the corporate world. Watching them at work is pure entertainment)." Megha joked that while corporate bosses drained employees for years, Gen Z returned the favour in just one year. 'Corporate walon ne jitna khoon choosa hai, Gen Z ne unka ek saal mein chus liya hai (The way corporate sucked the life out of others for years, Gen Z managed to drain it all back in just one)," she said. One of the most talked-about parts is how Gen Z doesn't even bother to resign; they just stop showing up. 'Ye resign bhi nahi dalte, Monday se chup chaap office aana bandh kar dete hai… choomantar, gayab. (They don't formally quit. They simply disappear one Monday. No calls, no emails. Just like that, gone)," she explained. The old culture of working beyond hours for 'impression" is also something they just do not consider and throw it out the window. 'Unke mu par 6 baje hi ek invisible board ajata hai – Unavailable" (By 6 PM, an imaginary Unavailable sign appears on their faces)," she jokingly said. And if HR asks them why they are leaving? The answer is often as simple as, 'Maza nahi aa raha" (I'm not enjoying this)." She ends the video by calling Gen Z 'bhagwan ka avatar" God's own messengers) who have arrived to end the toxic work culture. The caption Megha shared along with the video reads: 'Baap ka, Dada ka sabka badla lega GenZ." Watch Here: Megha's playful video has received more than seven million views. The comments section is filled with a variety of reactions where people share similar scenarios. One user commented, 'Not the slavery mindset. Lot to learn from the folks." Another recalled, 'Manager tried to bash a Gen Z to overtime for some important work. His reply — 'Itna hi important hai to aap khud kyu nahi kar lete?'" 'I left a job literally saying the same — maza nahi aaya," someone else shared And a Millennial proudly said, 'I LOVE GEN Z!! We millennials couldn't do it! You did it! So proud of you!" The video puts a spotlight on the trend that these young employees have embraced, which is something called 'career catfishing." A report by CVGenius explains this as a growing pattern where Gen Z workers accept job offers but then quietly skip their first day without informing the employer. About the Author Buzz Staff A team of writers at bring you stories on what's creating the buzz on the Internet while exploring science, cricket, tech, gender, Bollywood, and culture. News18's viral page features trending stories, videos, and memes, covering quirky incidents, social media buzz from india and around the world, Also Download the News18 App to stay updated! view comments First Published: Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Global News
10-05-2025
- Business
- Global News
How can you use AI to effectively search for jobs?
As some Canadians look to find a new job, they're more frequently using artificial intelligence to help. But while using AI is growing more common, a survey by CV Genius found 80 per cent of hiring managers dislike seeing AI-generated resumes and cover letters, with 74 per cent saying they can spot when AI has been used. But while 57 per cent say they're less likely to hire an applicant who used AI, there are ways to use it without risking your application. 'From an AI standpoint, people are using it in a variety of different ways to help them either land the job or get their foot in the door,' said Robert Hosking, executive director at consulting firm Robert Half. A July 2024 survey by online marketplace vendor Capterra found 48 per cent of Canadian job seekers saying they are using AI to help in their job search, with 37 per cent saying they use it for writing or refining their resume. Story continues below advertisement If people are thinking of using AI to help in their job search, here are some of the best ways to use it effectively. Use online job sites' AI to tailor search While many job postings will have you apply to the company's website directly, you can get a jump start on finding the jobs that best suit your skills by uploading your resume to the various platforms' websites and letting AI do the work. One example is submitting your resume to a websites like Indeed or Monster, which then analyze the document to determine what jobs could fit with your skills and experience. LinkedIn also uses AI by analyzing your profile and job preferences to suggest relevant job openings. 'The AI embedded in those platforms will make a recommendation for you,' said Alexandra Tillo, talent strategy advisor at Indeed Canada. 'It will say, 'Hey, you know, looking at your resume, we found these jobs which appear to match the skills and qualifications you have on your resume.' It does so by comparing your resume against a job description and finding keywords to match you with those roles that match your abilities. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Tillo said that using job alert optimization tools can let job hunters know when a position that matches their profile has been posted. Story continues below advertisement Preparing for the interview Once you've nailed down an interview, you'll move into the preparation process and while AI can't determine exactly what questions you'll be asked, it can still help you be prepare for them. By inputting information about the job and the company, you can get suggestions on what to ask the recruiter in terms of workplace culture or job expectations, but Tillo notes AI can also produce questions similar to what you may be asked during the interview. 'It means that it's easy for a job seeker to prepare some of those behavioural-based questions beforehand because most of the time they are adaptable to any kind of type of role they may be applying to,' Tillo said. Questions revolving around situations, tasks, actions and results are more likely than not to come up in an interview and are commonly referred to as STAR (situation, task, action, results) questions. The Alberta government's alis website provides examples of this as part of its resources to support career goals, such as career planning. In one situation, the applicant is asked to explain how they handled a customer being unhappy with a recent shipment, the actions they had to take to solve the problem and the end result. AI can be given details of the job being interviewed for and craft questions that the job seeker might be asked. Story continues below advertisement 2:17 Businesses in Canada worried about rise of 'ghosting' job candidates Depending on the type of AI you use, it can also be used for interview preparation through mock interviews. You can ask it to produce questions you might face in the job you're applying for and it can provide feedback on your answer. Unlike just providing questions, mock interviews can put you in a situation where you're asked the questions and have to provide the answers in a real-time environment. You'll also be provided feedback. There are various apps available that can be used to conduct mock interviews, including through Google and others like Final Round AI, in which an applicant will be posed a question and then type in or even give their answer verbally. The AI will then provide feedback on how to refine your answers. 'I think it will give a lot of confidence as well for job seekers and not to be too surprised when thinking back some of the questions that are being asked of them,' Tillo said. Story continues below advertisement Hosking added that mock interviews can make it easier to not be caught off guard by questions, as an applicant will be more prepared for how to answer when asked. Of the 250 Canadian job seekers Capterra surveyed who said they use AI, 27 per cent say they've used the technology for mock interviews. Comparing offers Sometimes in the job hunt, you may receive two competing offers, and deciding which is best for your career aspirations can be difficult. Hosking says it's another case where AI may provide an assist. 'You can run them (the offers) against one another, what are the pros and cons and compensation, benefits, perks, so it can give you a bit of an assessment on where, maybe not where they would rank, but the benefits of each so it can help you in your decision making,' he said. He added that AI may also provide insight into compensation levels for the kinds of roles you're applying to, which can further assist in deciding on which job to take. Avoid the pitfalls From interview preparation to helping find jobs that fit you, AI can be useful, but Tillo said there are also issues that can arise. Story continues below advertisement One of the most obvious is having a cover letter crafted by AI, as the structure may make it clear who wrote it. She adds that people should also avoid using AI during an interview, as managers are becoming more skilled at recognizing when someone is reading off an answer provided by AI rather than being authentic. 'I really want to tell people to not forget about that and give 100 per cent of yourself and your attention to the person you're talking to,' she said.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why you might not want to use AI to spruce up your job application
This week, a company made a request to job seekers who may be considering using artificial intelligence to spruce up their résumés or applications: Please don't. 'While we encourage people to use AI systems during their role to help them work faster and more effectively, please do not use AI assistants during the application process,' the notice read. Ironically, the warning came from Anthropic, an artificial intelligence software company based in San Francisco. 'We want to understand your personal interest in Anthropic without mediation through an AI system, and we also want to evaluate your non-AI-assisted communication skills,' the company continued in its newly released policy on applicants using the technology. The maker of the Claude AI chatbot, Anthropic is not the only company that has voiced concern about the use of AI to polish a résumé or a cover letter. A 2024 survey conducted by CV Genius found that 80% of hiring managers viewed AI-generated job application content negatively, with 57% saying they were 'less likely to hire' a person when they spot it. Apple CEO Tim Cook, whose company has gone all in on its integration of artificial intelligence in its phones and computers, was asked by Wired magazine in December about a recent demo that features a young, fictional job applicant using Apple Intelligence to improve a cover letter. Should a job recruiter who hires the applicant based on the improved cover letter feel tricked if the applicant is hired and turns out not to be as literate as the cover letter implied? 'I don't think so,' Cook replied. 'By using the tool, it comes across as more polished. It's still your decision to use the tool. It's like you and I collaborating on something — one plus one can equal more than two, right?' But J.T. O'Donnell, CEO of the job recruiting company Work It Daily, said in an Instagram post on Thursday that Anthropic's new policy asking prospective employees to refrain from using AI tools when applying for a job is 'going to open the flood gates for many companies to do the same.' 'They want to hire a human being,' O'Donnell said, adding, 'AI tools are flooding' companies with 'too bogus résumés and too many applicants.' 'They're hiring you to do a job. They want to make sure that you're the real deal,' she continued, adding, 'Don't use AI [for job applications]. These AI tools people are offering you are only hurting you.' With AI tools now offered on job sites like LinkedIn and Indeed to help applicants tailor résumés and cover letters for prospective employers, the use of the technology shows no signs of slowing among job seekers. An August survey by Capterra, a business software company, found that 58% of job seekers use AI to help them apply for jobs and that 83% admitted using the technology to 'exaggerate or lie about their skills on a resume, cover letter, job application, or skills assessment.' But with applicants flooding employers with AI-enhanced applications and companies turning to AI to screen out and even interview their next hires, it can begin to feel like there's no escape from the technology. 'What AI is doing is actually just creating more noise. ... Normal people who are not using AI are hurting in the job market, and then they have to go start using AI to apply to jobs to be competitive,' Maddie Macho, a job recruiter, said in a TikTok video. But the bottom line, according to O'Donnell, is that 'the résumé is dead' because too many people are using AI to pad, if not falsify, them. That is going to leave companies in the position of either rolling out anti-AI policies for job applicants or developing better AI tools to weed out the fakes. 'If they want you to be authentic so they can choose the right person, they're entitled to it,' O'Donnell said.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Why you might not want to use AI to spruce up your job application
This week, a company made a request to job seekers who may be considering using artificial intelligence to spruce up their résumés or applications: Please don't. 'While we encourage people to use AI systems during their role to help them work faster and more effectively, please do not use AI assistants during the application process,' the notice read. Ironically, the warning came from Anthropic, an artificial intelligence software company based in San Francisco. 'We want to understand your personal interest in Anthropic without mediation through an AI system, and we also want to evaluate your non-AI-assisted communication skills,' the company continued in its newly released policy on applicants using the technology. See for yourself — The Yodel is the go-to source for daily news, entertainment and feel-good stories. By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy. The maker of the Claude AI chatbot, Anthropic is not the only company that has voiced concern about the use of AI to polish a résumé or a cover letter. A 2024 survey conducted by CV Genius found that 80% of hiring managers viewed AI-generated job application content negatively, with 57% saying they were 'less likely to hire' a person when they spot it. Apple CEO Tim Cook, whose company has gone all in on its integration of artificial intelligence in its phones and computers, was asked by Wired magazine in December about a recent demo that features a young, fictional job applicant using Apple Intelligence to improve a cover letter. Should a job recruiter who hires the applicant based on the improved cover letter feel tricked if the applicant is hired and turns out not to be as literate as the cover letter implied? 'I don't think so,' Cook replied. 'By using the tool, it comes across as more polished. It's still your decision to use the tool. It's like you and I collaborating on something — one plus one can equal more than two, right?' But J.T. O'Donnell, CEO of the job recruiting company Work It Daily, said in an Instagram post on Thursday that Anthropic's new policy asking prospective employees to refrain from using AI tools when applying for a job is 'going to open the flood gates for many companies to do the same.' 'They want to hire a human being,' O'Donnell said, adding, 'AI tools are flooding' companies with 'too bogus résumés and too many applicants.' 'They're hiring you to do a job. They want to make sure that you're the real deal,' she continued, adding, 'Don't use AI [for job applications]. These AI tools people are offering you are only hurting you.' With AI tools now offered on job sites like LinkedIn and Indeed to help applicants tailor résumés and cover letters for prospective employers, the use of the technology shows no signs of slowing among job seekers. An August survey by Capterra, a business software company, found that 58% of job seekers use AI to help them apply for jobs and that 83% admitted using the technology to 'exaggerate or lie about their skills on a resume, cover letter, job application, or skills assessment.' But with applicants flooding employers with AI-enhanced applications and companies turning to AI to screen out and even interview their next hires, it can begin to feel like there's no escape from the technology. 'What AI is doing is actually just creating more noise. ... Normal people who are not using AI are hurting in the job market, and then they have to go start using AI to apply to jobs to be competitive,' Maddie Macho, a job recruiter, said in a TikTok video. But the bottom line, according to O'Donnell, is that 'the résumé is dead' because too many people are using AI to pad, if not falsify, them. That is going to leave companies in the position of either rolling out anti-AI policies for job applicants or developing better AI tools to weed out the fakes. 'If they want you to be authentic so they can choose the right person, they're entitled to it,' O'Donnell said.
