Post-90s clock in, do you think so?

Two days ago, an HR colleague from Xiaobang told us that it is really difficult to find new young members for the team nowadays. I don’t understand the thoughts of people born in the 1990s. They often decline the job after only a few words. Even if they join the job, very few can stay there for more than a year.

In modern society, it is not just Xiaobang’s friend who has trouble recruiting people, but the entire society is beginning to face “labor difficulties.”

Freedom and Hobbies

Xiaobang, who is also born in the 1990s, has also been thinking about this issue recently. After counting, he found that there are many classmates around him. As the HR colleague said, Within a year, I left my job and took on multiple jobs. Some even did not participate in the work step by step at all. So Xiaobang specially talked to these friends.

Zhong Jing is a student of the Department of Jewelry, one year after graduation. Now he works on a temporary basis at the Youth League Committee of Jiangxia District, mainly engaging in docking activities with universities. In less than a year after graduation, he had already changed three jobs. He initially worked as a resident jewelry designer. But within three months, he chose to leave. He said that when he was in the jewelry store, he could count the number of days with five customers a day on his fingers. Sitting in the store, he felt that there was no hope for the entire future and no future in sight.

Now, he has participated in the Youth League Committee of the school for four years in college. After joining the District Youth League Committee, he feels like a duck in water. Even though the salary is not high, he is much happier. He enjoys interacting with college students very much. Communicate and learn about their fresh ideas.

You may also want to ask, why can he choose his job so "willfully"? Isn't there no pressure in life?

In fact, Zhong Jing had already tried to start a business while in college, and had accumulated some connections and funds in a few years. Now I have opened a children's art studio in the Alibaba Entrepreneurship Park in Hangzhou, and I have opened a B&B in Changde, Hunan with my brother. I have also opened calligraphy training classes in Wuhan during the winter and summer vacations.

At least for now, he can't starve himself. Therefore, he can also have the confidence to choose a job he likes.

Cheng Gong, a student majoring in environmental art, has graduated two years ago. He has always been interested in photography and earned a good income from taking photos while in college. In the last year of graduation, he chose to intern at a film and television company, but found that the salary offered was not as high as when he was a photographer, and his time was also dominated by the company. So after leaving school, he chose to become an independent photographer, which gave him a lot of free time and allowed him to try more things that interested him.

From the experiences of the two friends above, we can actually know that the post-90s generation looks at two things when choosing a career: hobbies and freedom. Zhong Jing likes to gain new ideas through communicating with college students, and also enjoys this young and fiery atmosphere. Cheng Gong pays more attention to freedom and hopes to be able to control his own time and try a different life.

And these "willfulness" that are envied by the post-90s generation all have a prerequisite: a certain economic foundation. Either he has the ability to independently provide for his own food and clothing; or his family has the conditions to support him in choosing a job he likes.

Company Culture

Of course, in addition to these enviable "free people", there are also graduates who are looking for jobs after leaving school.

Xiaobang has a junior named Zhang Jinjie who found an internship at a counterpart company in Shanghai and received a salary of 8,000 during the internship. But after three months, he left without hesitation. The company's marketing management model, two-way competition employee management mechanism, and what he described as "mandatory training that brainwashes every week" contributed to his resignation.

But Xiaobang also knew a postgraduate entrance examination student named Qi Lianghao, but he chose to become a clerk at Wuhan Erya Bookstore with a salary of less than 3,000. "I want to work in a decent place, and I plan to take the postgraduate entrance examination this year. The elegant atmosphere is also very suitable for me to prepare for the exam." He said.

The word "tasteful" contains many meanings that are difficult to express in words. Xiaobang thinks this word can be interpreted as: a desirable company culture atmosphere. As time has changed, the outlook on employment of those born in the 1990s is no longer what it was in the past: as long as the salary is high enough, the company can keep me.

In pursuit of themselves, those born in the 1990s will want to cooperate with like-minded friends, and some are even willing to sacrifice their "bread" for their "ideal". Therefore, company team culture is also a major factor in retaining people.

Salary and Benefits

Salary and Benefits are the most important needs and the most important concern for job seekers. Many fresh college students are cheap labor in the eyes of companies. The internship salary of college students in Wuhan generally does not exceed 2,000, and the salary of full-time employees who have just graduated is around 3,000. Many small businesses are even unable to provide basic five insurances and one housing fund. When life needs cannot be guaranteed, the company's turnover rate will definitely be high.

Testing period

After talking to many graduates, I found that nearly half of them don’t know what kind of job they should choose after graduation. Therefore, many media also jokingly call them "unemployed upon graduation." But most of these fresh graduates choose to give themselves three years to "test the waters" to see which unit is more suitable for their development.

As long as you feel that the two parties are not suitable for you during work, you can decisively resign and change jobs. At this stage, it is normal to "change 6 jobs a year."

The development of society has improved the living standards of the people. At least most graduates do not need to work to support their families. If one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. After being satisfied materially, they begin to pursue spiritual recognition: the company's culture and the atmosphere of the team are factors that most young people consider.

Of course, after living conditions improve, there are indeed some graduates who are like the "strawberry soldiers" in HR's mouth, unable to withstand challenges and collapse when encountering setbacks. But Xiaobang believes that they are only a minority. More people born in the 1990s have their own rules of conduct.

The problem of "difficulty in employment" itself is caused by the lack of consensus between the recruiter and the applicant.

As the post-90s generation has changed their outlook on career choices, should companies also make corresponding adjustments to attract talents?