The ghost is not just for romantic couples.
If work interviewers do not cough the convey in cash, these fresh face applicants disappear faster than “entry level benefits” can say.
Almost half, 44%, to be exact, of the graduates of General Z College they say they have been deactivated by interviews that did not mention a salary range, sometimes by fixed ghosts to the recruiter, according to the Monster 2025 graduate report.
Why silent treatment? It’s not about being rude, it’s about being real. For gene generation, transparency is not negotiable, and payment is the first on the table. If not, they are out.
“Since many work descriptions provide it as a common practice, when other employers no, graduates can simply ignore these work listings that do not share it,” said Vicki Salemi, a career expert at Monster, to Fortune.
Some could call him right. Others call it evolution. After years of salary secret and office policy, generation Z is saying what major generations only complained: “Just tell what you pay.”
Thanks to the new salary transparency laws in states such as New York, California and Colorado, the new workers’ harvest is not even applied unless a dollar sign is attached.
But while they can have standards, many still live without rent and maintain for the work of their dreams.
And that dream work is better to align with value, flexible and inclusive, or it is a pass.
According to Monster’s report, almost 75% of 2025 graduates will not work for a company with political views.
One in three will not say yes to a job in a company without diverse leadership. And 42% say that hybrid work is essential.
“These incoming workers are redefining the place and when from the workplace,” Salemi told The Outlet.
But not everyone is buying the new labor market label.
Kate Duchene, CEO of the Global RGP Professional Services firm, says that generation Z is not afraid to demand better, or leave when they do not understand it.
“They are not afraid to go back a little and then put their money where the mouth is and leave if they do not feel heard or heard,” Duchene told Fortune.
But employers are also going back.
Six out of ten bosses say that they have already fired the graduates of generation Z for lack of what major generations could call “basic professionalism”, appearing on time or responding to emails.
Even so, some are tune in to what makes the gen z tick, and click “apply”.
“The message is clear: today’s graduates are ambitious, intentional and driven by values,” said Monster Marketing director Scott Blumsac, in the report mentioned above.
“Employers who adapt to these priorities offering flexibility, purpose and roads will be better positioned to attract and retain the next generation of main talents.”
