As Generation Z enters the workforce, more young recruits are reporting anxiety than any other generation. And employers are trying new ways to help anxious new hires stay calm, clearheaded and willing to speak up at work. One executive was dismayed when a young employee missed two of her first five days on the job without calling in, says Adrian Gostick, a Pleasant Grove, Utah, consultant who advised the executive. He recently did an internal podcast on getting help, and disclosed that his own mother suffered from depression. As head of human resources at VaynerMedia, a global agency based in New York, Claude Silver dissuades young employees in one-on-one coaching sessions from comparing their career progress to others’.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 09, 2019 16:18 UTC