Nearly 18 per cent of Gen Z respondents are struggling to maintain workplace relationships, compared with 13 per cent of Millennial and Gen X Canadians and 4 per cent of Boomers, according to the survey
Gen Z workers might see their social skills stunted as a result of the pandemic and this could have detrimental impacts to their early careers.of 1,500 Canadians conducted by online language learning marketplace Preply, 51 per cent of Gen Zers said their social skills declined because of limited in-person interaction during the pandemic, compared with 47 per cent of millennials, 37 per cent of Gen Xers and 26 per cent for Baby Boomers.
According to the survey, nearly 18 per cent of Gen Z respondents are struggling to maintain workplace relationships, compared with 13 per cent of Millennial and Gen X Canadians and 4 per cent of Boomers. “If we’re thinking about fundamental periods of development, we think about adolescence, we think about that emerging into adulthood – that 10 to 25 period – which is where Gen Z was falling at the onset of the pandemic,” says Rosanna Breaux, an assistant professor of psychology and director of the Child Study Center at Virginia Tech.
For the meantime, however, she says employers should expect young people to remain more comfortable interacting through digital communication channels than in-person.
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