I'm a Gen Z worker employed in environmental consulting. I think the most important part of the report is this: "Gen Z cites the main barriers to securing a green job as a lack of available job opportunities (63%), a lack of experience (45%) and a lack of green skills (40%) ... Gen Z is confident in their abilities to learn new green skills, with 8 in 10 (78%) saying that they could pick up these skills if they were offered training." It comes back to the available (and desirable) opportunities.
As a side note, "green" skills and jobs are so nebulous. I'd be interested to see what LinkedIn chose to include vs. exclude. City planners? Bicycle repair techs? Landscapers? HVAC techs?
yes! i appreciate you weighing in. i don't know what to make of "some 63% of Gen Z workers said the top barrier was a lack of available opportunities" in tandem with "only 1 in 20 Gen Z workers have green skills" (esp when they weave in this, too: The green skills gap could make it harder for governments and companies to meet their climate goals, LinkedIn warned, especially with Gen Z on track to account for 30% of the global workforce by 2030). like, ok? skills can be learned, ofc - but opportunities need to be created
that teen vogue op-ed has got to be one of the most empty-headed things i’ve ever read
need to know how it got published
I'm a Gen Z worker employed in environmental consulting. I think the most important part of the report is this: "Gen Z cites the main barriers to securing a green job as a lack of available job opportunities (63%), a lack of experience (45%) and a lack of green skills (40%) ... Gen Z is confident in their abilities to learn new green skills, with 8 in 10 (78%) saying that they could pick up these skills if they were offered training." It comes back to the available (and desirable) opportunities.
As a side note, "green" skills and jobs are so nebulous. I'd be interested to see what LinkedIn chose to include vs. exclude. City planners? Bicycle repair techs? Landscapers? HVAC techs?
yes! i appreciate you weighing in. i don't know what to make of "some 63% of Gen Z workers said the top barrier was a lack of available opportunities" in tandem with "only 1 in 20 Gen Z workers have green skills" (esp when they weave in this, too: The green skills gap could make it harder for governments and companies to meet their climate goals, LinkedIn warned, especially with Gen Z on track to account for 30% of the global workforce by 2030). like, ok? skills can be learned, ofc - but opportunities need to be created