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A Recruiter Said Iced Coffee Makes Job Candidates Look Too Casual. Now Gen-Z Is Pushing Back
Gen Z job seekers call coffee normal, while recruiters say it can seem unprepared, as nearly 1 million young people in the United Kingdom are out of work or training.
- On Wednesday, Sept. 16, recruiter Caitlin Wehniainen sparked a viral TikTok debate by criticizing Gen Z candidates for bringing iced coffee to job interviews, claiming it signals casualness and lack of commitment.
- Wehniainen, with over 16 years of experience recruiting for Fortune 500 companies, characterized the habit as 'a stop on your list of errands to do for the day,' yet many job seekers defend carrying coffee as normal.
- Recruiter Ashlea Fisher and career coach Courtney Hartman offered contrasting views, with Fisher emphasizing interview quality time while Hartman argued a coffee doesn't diminish being 'the best version of your professional self.'
- Content creator Franchesca Ramsey called the discourse 'the perfect example of the literacy crisis,' arguing that not everyone applies for Fortune 500 companies Wehniainen recruits for.
- This scrutiny emerges as job seekers navigate a difficult market with only 1.1 job openings per unemployed person, well below the 2022 peak, and confidence remains low compared to the Great Resignation.
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A VIRAL TikTok debate about whether it's unprofessional to bring iced coffee to a job interview.
·Zagreb, Croatia
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'I would never': Bringing an iced coffee to a job interview sparks TikTok debate
A debate has gone viral on TikTok where people are arguing whether or not you should bring an iced coffee with you to a job interview. The conversation was sparked by a video from @caitlinrecruiter who says her Gen Z candidate keep turning up to interviews with the iced beverage but says this makes them appear "too casual".
·London, United Kingdom
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