Ep 50. Getting Our Kids Ready for the Workforce
RSS Feed "Our job as fathers is not to make the world easier for our kids, but to prepare them to meet it with strength, humility, and purpose."
Is your kid going to be ready for the workforce... or is the workforce going to eat them alive?
In this episode, Adam Mering, a leadership consultant with 25 years in the recruiting industry, lays out why so many young people are struggling to meet workplace expectations and what dads can do about it right now, at home. The answer isn't more discipline or toughness for its own sake. It's something kids are actually born with, and that we too often teach them to leave behind.
If the gap between what employers need and what young workers bring is growing, the solution starts with us.
Chapters:
- (00:00) – Welcome to The Dad Project
- (00:51) – The Workforce Problem: A Crisis and a Catastrophe
- (02:16) – What Employers Want vs. What Gen Z Brings
- (03:08) – Confusing Normal Difficulty with Dysfunction
- (03:53) – The Secret Sauce: Curiosity
- (04:57) – The 4 Attributes Curiosity Develops
- (08:49) – 3 Things Dads Can Do at Home
- (11:28) – Social Media, Self-Obsession, and the "I Deserve" Mentality
- (13:31) – The Finish: Curiosity as Career Preparation
- (15:02) – Support The Dad Project
Links & Resources
- The Dad Project: https://www.thedadprojectpodcast.org/
- Support the show: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=LBZR5GKFRMBDN
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