Gen Z less prepared for next career move than older colleagues, study finds

Gen Z takes a lot of heat. The group of young people born in 1996 or later have been met with some scorn by older generations of workers, with labels from “entitled” to “lazy” being lobbed their way.

But new research suggests organizations might want to cut Gen Z some slack — in the workplace, at least.

According to a new report by talent acquisition firm Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), Gen Z workers have higher levels of work-related anxiety and are more disillusioned about their careers than their older counterparts.

LHH’s “Readiness Index” examined how prepared people in the U.S., U.K. and France feel to make their next career move, on a scale of 1 to 10. LHH found the Global Readiness Score to be 7.7, but that number drops for workers ages 18-24.

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