40% of business leaders think recent Gen Z college graduates aren’t prepared to enter the workforce, new survey says — and some said they won’t even hire them

• A survey found that 40% of business leaders thought Gen Z grads were unprepared for the workplace.
• Of that subset, 94% of respondents said they had avoided hiring recent college graduates.
• And 88% of the subset said “etiquette classes” could help graduates transition to post-college jobs.

Gen Z is entering the workforce, and while many recent college graduates are excited about the opportunities that await them, a recent survey indicated that the feeling might not be mutual among their older supervisors.

A new survey by Intelligent, an online magazine focused on student life, found that many business leaders thought recent college graduates were unprepared for the work environment and that some managers were trying to avoid hiring them.