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Millennial boss says Gen Z job applicants listed ‘brat girl summer’ and ‘Harry Styles enthusiast’ as job qualifications
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Millennial boss says Gen Z job applicants listed ‘brat girl summer’ and ‘Harry Styles enthusiast’ as job qualifications

Recruiters are often accused of forcing young people through endless interviews and tests, but Generation Z doesn’t always make it easy for themselves either.

A millennial boss complained that there is “nothing more humiliating” than sifting through job applications from the latest generation.

Amy Gastman, owner of plant-based bakery Eat by Amy in London, recently used TikTok to advertise that she is hiring a baking assistant.

Three days later, she returned to her channel to criticize the bizarre resumes and cover letters she received in response. One woman wrote in her job application that she was having “a brat girl summer.”

“What? I don’t understand,” Gastman told her nearly 700,000 viewers. “What do you mean you’re having a bad summer? Why did you put that on your resume? I’m so confused.”

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Another 23-year-old hopeful noted in her application that she’s an “avid Harry Styles lover with the superpower of being able to snag tickets to a sold-out concert” — at “face value,” no less.

Others did not use capitalization or punctuation in their letters and openly admitted that they had no baking skills or experience, despite this being necessary for the role. Some signed off with smiling or winking face emojis.

Some of Gastman’s followers did not find the applications genuine. That’s why she made two follow-up videos with screenshots of the applications in question.

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“While I’m sure all these people are in good spirits, this is just not what I want when you start sending me resumes and cover letters,” she concluded.

“I need a certain degree of professionalism. For example, we don’t know each other. I’m going to use my money from my business to pay you, so you have to convince me that’s a good idea.

Fortune contacted Gastman for comment

Gen Z struggles with the unwritten work rules

Complaining that young workers don’t understand the unwritten rules of the working world is a story as old as time. Every generation complains about the one underneath it. But Gen Zers have come up with new ways to test recruiters’ patience. Among them: refusing to take aptitude tests, submitting unrealistic lists of requirements and then failing to show up for job interviews.

Once they got the job, General Z was accused of dressing unprofessionally and not knowing how to behave appropriately in the office. But at least they showed up. Some have ghosted their new employer on the first day of work.

Bosses often behave just as badly. Some have admitted that they expect new Gen Z workers fresh out of university to be on par with their wider workforce, despite their lack of experience.

Six in ten employers simply fire some of their new hires after just a few months on the job, rather than training them.

And research shows that employers are just as guilty of ghosting their applicants as Gen Z employees.

Young people say their attitudes are a reflection of how they are treated by employers in the labor market. One of the most liked comments on Gastman’s video reads: “My generation doesn’t take the job application process seriously anymore because it doesn’t take us seriously the vast majority of the time.”

Another agreed that it is a “two-way street.”

This story originally appeared on Fortune.com