Gen Z Reality: Navigating Campus to Career

Speak to that

as far as what is, you know, there's just so much.

that gets said about this generation and I get so frustrated.

I may have written a few things from time to time about it in public forums, but I do get frustrated about the lament about on this generation.

And so really speak into that, you know, Sandy, I'll start with you is what has it meant for you? Cause you are such a devoted to not just to the program, but you are a devoted mentor.

I mean, I know that people that you mentor outside of this program are I think Patricia and I both probably consider you our mentor at this point.

So you do it in so many forms and fashions, but specifically to this generation, what do you wish the people that don't spend time with them as much as you do, what do you wish they knew about this generation?

think that they really want to learn.

Because I have been coming back to ASU and speaking to classes from the day I got my first job.

So 30 kind of years.

And at that time, I can remember writing my email address on the board and saying, if you have any questions, if I can help you, call me.

And I would say over those kind of years, I did that with probably 300 students.

And I think I got three calls or three emails from that.

And then we we did talk.

We did follow up.

So what I'm finding out now, if I say if I give my email address, I'm going to have more people follow up on that.

And and that's the great thing.

And so I think sometimes this generation, people think that they are kind of smarty and they don't think that they can learn anything from us.

But I have found the exact opposite is they do want to learn and they do.

recognize that you have something to offer them.

And it's just, they're just really, they're smart.

They're a whole lot smarter than me.

They just thrive on getting information.

And when you offer to help them, they are interested in you helping them.

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