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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Health Care
They are talking about this topic: General Skills
The quotes below are about this issue:
Employers look for candidates who are able to hold themselves accountable, are adaptable and have a strong work ethic. Some employers feel that professionalism is lacking in new hires, and some suggest this is due to generational differences.
| "Something that we've found is the generational diversity. The current incumbent worker is challenged by the individuals coming in today on issues of work/life balance. Maybe expectations of the new people coming into the workplace are different than what they've encountered in the past. The newer people are not as committed or as willing to pull a shift-and-a-half or do double-time in managing things." | Southeast |
| "Just to follow up on the idea of work /life balance with older workers versus new grads, there seems to be an expectation that new grads will work the day shift or that they'll get their choice of shifts. I'm actually finding that new grads will choose not to work at all instead of working a shift that they would prefer not to have." | Southeast |
| "From the medical lab standpoint, we can relate to what has been said about willingness to work. I also find a big difference in the older generations versus the younger generations in terms of compassion. And the need to be compassionate comes with what we're doing. From the laboratory standpoint, it's really hard when we get so many automated tests and we get so departmentalized that we don't put it all together to form a picture of that patient behind it. Unless you have a passion for it, you lose that whole piece of what your job is and what your profession is. If medical technology students and staff can understand the big role we play in that whole medical picture, it would really make a difference in dedication—such as their willingness to stay late or their willingness to pick up an extra shift. I've worked at this clinic for over thirty years. And you just didn't think twice if someone wasn't able to come in for their shift, you just filled in. You were needed. You were a part of that health care picture. I just don't feel that commitment any more. I don't know how to bring that back. Because I still have that passion, and I wish I could see more of that in our new grads." | Southeast |
| "I want to continue the talk about the generational issue. I just want to remind everybody that it is a two-way street. Number one, having work/life balance is not a bad thing. The younger generation might teach us something about that, but there is no doubt that there's still needs to be that commitment to the job. I think we all need to be prepared to talk about that with open minds to figure this out. I think organizations who are hiring people need to figure it out as well. I'm not so certain that we have all the answers. I'm one of those workaholics, too. And when I'm on my deathbed, am I going to be thankful that I put in all those hours? Will I think that I probably should have done something else? Those are questions that I'm asking myself. I think we need to be careful with that." | Southeast |
| "I would say one of the things that's challenging for us today with new employees is maybe the demeanor of the younger people. There's really almost a sense of entitlement sometimes in terms of how they perceive the world, their worldview. I don't know if we can change that, but maybe somehow if we can include some reality that the workplace is not going to be all about them. And help them understand that it is important to be able to communicate and express needs and that kind of thing. I don't how to do that, but that is sometimes a common problem with new people coming onboard. Especially some of the younger people." | Southeast |
| "Not only the sense of entitlement, but just that lack of work ethic. I mean, since I was a caregiver, an aide—how things have changed! It's just not there like it used to be." | Southeast |
| "Especially in the health care setting where you're taking care of people. Your patients are not supposed to be taking care of you, you're going to be taking care of them. And that sounds really silly, but there are times when that expectation is there even in nursing or caregiving situations." | Southeast |
| "A lot of the staff, a lot of the newer people, don't seem to understand that people don't get sick at their convenience, they get sick when they get sick. And it's a 24/7, 365-day thing. And if that's the profession you choose, then you choose everything that goes with it—the good, the bad, and the ugly. And it's a fulfilling industry. There are lots of opportunities, but it's not a one-way street. And I think the sooner we can get some of that really understood—that these are good jobs, but you also have requirements and things that go with it. It's not, you know, I'll show up whenever I want to show up, and those kinds of things. Sometimes, it's life or death kinds of things. It's that big of a deal, and that's just something that I think isn't well understood by maybe some of the younger people coming out of school right now." | Southeast |