Are Companies Taking Advantage of the Millennial Job Market?

It's no secret; the American job market is awful, and the Millennial job market is even worse. So today, when I was sent a job posting for a "PR Account Coordinator" I decided to probe the hiring manager who sent it to me for more information.

The company's post said the job required a minimum 2 years experience in Marketing and PR, a Bachelor's Degree in Communications, and a "rolodex" of press contacts. Despite not having much interest in a company that still uses rolodexes, I decided to keep probing the hiring manager anyway. His response wasn't surprising as it wasn't the first time I've had this happen...

The Numbers Behind Why Millennials are Generation Frustration

I am a Millennial. I have been labeled as having delusions of grandeur, a tendency for being increasingly narcissistic and confidence in abilities I do not yet possess. It has been said that I am part of a generation that thinks we are “special” and therefore unable to be happy with the career opportunities we can attain.

As a member of this so-called entitled and whiny generation, I’d like to address this idea with a simple answer: We are.

But we did not develop these traits without the assistance of the generations who forged the path before us, laying down the groundwork for the development of us Gen Yers. It was simple. We were told to stay in school, we did. To get our high school diploma, we did. To graduate from college, we did. We were engrained with the notion that the key to financial security and success was education and hard work. So we developed dreams, and we followed them.

The problem is, the country wasn’t actually ready for an entire generation to actually do what was asked of them. No longer was a college education and hard work the ticket to success; and now, rightfully, my Millennial Generation is… unemployed and frustrated.

I have had a front-row seat to this reality facing my generation, so I thought I’d lay out the numbers underlying this frustration. Let’s start with a doozy...