Millennial manager receiving CVs from Gen Z says it's been a humbling experience: 'I just feel so old'

There is quite a bit of difference in the way Gen Z and millennials approach things in life. This difference can especially be seen when millennial managers sit down to review applications from Gen Z people and witness their style of working. Quite a few millennials are left in absolute shock when they come across these things. A millennial manager on TikTok expressed how it was a humbling experience to go through Gen Z applications as she tried to hire someone for her bakery. The woman, Amy, who goes by @eatbyamy on the platform, shared the things she came across while looking at applications for her vegan bakery.

"There is nothing quite humbling as receiving a ton of Gen Z CV applications as a millennial," the woman began. "And not being able to understand any of them." Amy simply couldn't figure out why someone would do some of the things these applicants did while applying for a professional position. "For example, no capital letters anywhere. So, if the sentence says, 'I like to eat toast,' there's no capital I for I." She wondered how that was acceptable. "I had another girl who wrote, 'I am having a brat summer.' What, I don't understand. What do you mean you are having a brat summer? I don't know brat summer," she expressed.

"I mean, okay, I know it has something to do with Charli XCX, who is apparently my twin. But why would you put that in your CV," Amy continued. "I am so confused. I got one that was like, 'I hate working because I am just a gorl.'" She admitted that it was funny but also very confusing. "I just feel so old; this whole thing has made me feel old," the woman pointed out. She requested help and a translator through the caption of the video. @lucyab90 asked, "Is this real?"

The woman made another video in response to the comment showing some of the CVs she had received from potential candidates. "So a lot of you thought that I was lying about what I was getting in these CVs," she stated. "So I thought I'd show you a few of my faves." One was from a 23-year-old Harry Styles enthusiast who had the "superpower" to get tickets to a sold-out concert "at face value." The woman remarked that she didn't care about that. Another CV made generous use of LOLs and emojis. One didn't have any capital letters and claimed that the person didn't have "general baking skills" while applying to be a baker's assistant. "I am sure all of these people have good vibes, but these are not the kind of vibes I am looking for," Amy stated.

She explained how there has to be some professionalism as these are unknown people and she would be taking money out of her business to pay these people. People took to the comments section to express their thoughts. @itsyagirl_nanette wrote, "I’ll never get this. Aren’t they being taught in school about this anymore?" @rhihanger commented, "The phone automatically capitalizes 'I,' so for it to consistently be a lowercase like that is an intentional choice." @ryeandle remarked, "I feel like this generation have been told that they should 'personalize' applications to stand out, but somewhere, they've lost the professional tone. Also, emails/online versus letters are more casual."

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