CIPD HR People Pod: Pilot one
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Jun 6, 2024 
Woosh Raza, Katie Obi, and Bertie Tonks discuss Gen Z work ethics, remote working trends, impact of minimum wage rise, leadership challenges, integrating research in HR, and evolving HR roles in the pilot episode of HR People Pod.
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Gen Z Prioritise Purpose And Flexibility
- Gen Z are not lazy; they prioritise transactional choices and boundaries after the pandemic.
- They value purpose, flexibility and new income routes like reselling over traditional employment.
Teen Earns Big From Reselling Trainers
- David D'Souza recounts his 17-year-old son earning £250 from buying and selling trainers without a job.
- The example shows younger people find alternative, low-effort income routes attractive compared with traditional work.
COVID Changed Early Career Experiences
- Younger workers finished education during COVID and face different social and economic conditions than earlier generations.
- Those conditions shape transactional attitudes, greater choice and new routes to desired lifestyles.