Melanie V. Buford and Michael J. Stebleton

Melanie V. Buford and Michael J. Stebleton

Melanie V. Buford and Michael J. Stebleton, PhD., are career development educators at the University of Minnesota-Cities. They are co-editors (along with Michael J. Sharp) of the text Mapping the Future of Undergraduate Career Education: Equitable Career Learning, Development and Preparation in the New World of Work, published by Routledge (2023). More information can be found at: https://www.routledge.com/Mapping-the-Future-of-Undergraduate-Career-Education-Equitable-Career-Learning/Buford-Sharp-Stebleton/p/book/9781032081144
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Gen Z in the workplace: Embracing an uncertain future

When prompted in a written reflection, two Gen Z students in our undergraduate career class captured the zeitgeist of this generation’s approach to traditional careerism. The first student wrote: “Why...