The #DesperateForWork Gen - A Father Bubbles Over With Joy, His Son 1) Found a Job 2) Is Moving Out

 The father couldn't stay on point. 

At our organizational meeting he broke through and announced that, no, he didn't want to jinx it, but he needed to share that his son started his first day at a job and on the very same day was signing a lease for his own place. The only hitch was no-car but dad would drive the offspring to and from until they figure it out.

The son is from the generation - Z - which is actually attaching the banner Desperateforwork on their LinkedIn profile and has made Openforwork standard. 

Of course, some career experts, including myself, assess those designations as self-defeating. Employers want to hire those who other employers want to hire or who already are doing well at their jobs.

But every generation has to learn the brutal realities of seeking out paid labor after years of the protected status of being a student. Soon enough many Gen Zers might pull down those banners. They will connect the dots on what we boomers recognized: It's who you know. Then, they will create networks with those who can get them in, at least for an interview.

Once on the job, it's the same thing: It's who you know. Those contacts are necessary for protection, a good word put in at meetings you are too junior to attend and guidance during organizational upheaval.

The odds are that signaling "desperate" won't attract the attention of the right people who can assist in an effective job search. I have to assume that the father's son knew someone. After all, he got hired. 

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