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Now that members of Generation z are graduating college this spring-the most commonly-accepted definition says this generation was born after 1995, give or take a year-the attention has been rising steadily in recent weeks. Gen Zs are about to hit the streets looking for work in a labor market that's tighter than it's been in decades. And employers are planning on hiring about 17 percent more new graduates for jobs in the U. S. this year than last, according to a survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Everybody wants to know how the people who will soon inhabit those empty office cubicles will differ from those who came before them 

If" entitled" is the most common adjective, fairly or not, applied to millennials (those born between 1981 and 1995) , the catchwords for Generation Z are practical and cautious. According to the career counselors and experts who study them, Generation Zs are clear-eyed, economic pragmatists. Despite graduating into the best economy in the past 5o years, Gen Zs know what an economic train wreck looks like. They were impressionable kids during the crash of 2008, when many of their parents lost their jobs or their life savings or both.They aren't interested in taking any chances. The booming economy seems to have done little to assuage this underlying generational sense of anxious urgency especially for those who have college debt. College loan balances in the U. S now stand at a record s1. 5 trillion, according to the Federal Reserve 

One survey from Accenture found that 88 percent of graduating seniors this year chose their major with a job in mind. In a 2019 survey of University of Georgia students, meanwhile, the career office found the most desirable trait in a future employer was the ability to offer secure employment followed by professional development and training, and then inspiring purpose) . Job security or stability was the second most important career goal work-life balance was number one) , followed by a sense of being dedicated to a cause or to feel good about serving the greater good 

That's a big change from the previous generation. " Millennials wanted more flexibility in their lives, notes Tanya Michelsen, Associate Director of YouthSight, a UK-based brand manager that conducts regular 60-day surveys of British youth, in findings that might just as well apply to American youth.Generation Zs are looking for more certainty and stability, because of the rise of the gig economy. They have trouble seeing a financial future and they are quite risk averse .”

36. Generation Zs graduating college this spring 

A. are recognized for their abilities 

B. are optimistic about the labor market 

C. are drawing growing public attention 

D. are in favor of office job offers 

37. Generation Zs are keenly aware 

A. what their parents expect of them 

B. how valuable a counselor's advice is 

C. how they differ from past generations 

D. what a tough economic situation is like 

38. The word" assuage( Para. 2) is closest in meaning to 

A. relieve 

B. define 

C. maintain 

D. deepen 

39. It can be learned from Paragraph 3 that Generation Zs 

A. give top priority to professional training 

B. care little about their job performance 

C. have a clear idea about their future jobs 

D. think it hard to achieve work-life balance 

40. Michelsen thinks that compared with millennials, Generation Zs are 

A. more diligent 

B. more generous 

C. less realistic 

D. less adventurous