- Gen Z is sneaking their resumes into boxes of donuts and waitressing at industry conferences to try and land a gig. And when 25-year-old Sam Rabinowitz realized he wasn’t going to get his dream job by applying to roles the traditional way, he made a custom poster begging for a job, and stood on Wall Street hoping someone would give him a chance. He tells Fortune the stunt was “more than worth it.”
Gen Z undoubtedly got the short end of the stick when leaving college and trying to land a job. The young generation is up against a whole set of unique challenges, from AI automating junior roles and dwindling entry-level opportunities to sifting through a mountain of “ghost” jobs.
