> start offering trade jobs, which have been starving for new hires for 40 years. plumbing, HVAC, electrical, mechanical maintenance, and engine techs would stop traffic for a chance to so much as talk to someone from GenZ about the trade.
Salaries in those fields have been flat. That shows that there is NOT some magic pent-up demand in the trades.
Yes, a lot of people would like a flood of tradespeople to drive those flat salaries down but that does not mean that there is a shortage.
> techs would stop traffic for a chance to so much as talk to someone from GenZ about the trade.
Pay more. Stop asking people to give up their physical health to compete on the job. Give them a career.
Construction wages have decreased, adjusted for inflation, so it's not a surprise there's no interest in taking those jobs.
Re:TikTok launching jobs service for Gen Z
by EvilEy3 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @02:36AM
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> Pay more. Stop asking people to give up their physical health to compete on the job. Give them a career.
Wow! What an insightful suggestion! If you aren't paying enough, just pay enough, duh.
Re:TikTok launching jobs service for Gen Z
by selfhoster11 on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @08:12AM
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You are being sarcastic, but that is literally the fix. If you offer backbreaking work without matching compensation, it's clear that you won't get any applicants.
a decade ago was the single largest financial collapse in american history since the depression. millennials were told they would all get office jobs and a lexus. they all largely got working-poor fast food jobs and endless student debt.
now GenZ is looking at the same prospect. Covid and stagnant wages, and unapproachable college debt.
whatever Tiktok hopes to do, it needs to pivot from this malarkey where everyone needs to be a programmer and start offering trade jobs, which have been starving for new hires for 40 years. plumbing, HVAC, electrical, mechanical maintenance, and engine techs would stop traffic for a chance to so much as talk to someone from GenZ about the trade.