The Problem With Hiring Millennials Is Their Generation By Matthew Goldman

In the article “The Problem with Hiring Millennials Is Their Age, not their Generation” published on entrepreneur.com in 2014, Matthew Goldman, the Co-Founder and CEO of Wallaby Financial, talks about some popular stereotypes and assumptions about the millennial generation in labor markets. Moreover, Goldman argues that millennials, like every other generation, has various kinds of people, and he gives several examples from his experience of working in the corporate world. I believe he uses ethos and kairos very well in his argument. However, the use of logos, while sometimes effective, could have been improved. Before looking specifically to what is good and what can be improved, I will give a concise summary about the article

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Goldman argues that millennials’ issue is not their generation, but their age. However, before he states his argument, he points out two common definitions of millennials. The first definition is that everyone who was born before 1982 is considered millennial. The second definition considers everyone who graduated from high school after 2000 as a millennial. Nevertheless, Goldman believes there are five historical events all millennials share in common. For instance, they were born after the internet existed, and they were children during the United States’ economic prosperity. After that, Goldman discusses the idea that many people have about millennials, which is that millennials think they deserve special treatment. However, Goldman believes that millennials, as every generation, has diverse kinds of people. He says that there are some millennials who care only about minor things when they apply to a job, such as the kind of laptop they will have. On the other hand, he claims that there are many millennials who are passionate and enthusiastic about their jobs; he then gives some stories that occurred to him with some candidates during jobs interviews. Goldman also talks about a story that happened to him

Goldman gives some logical evidences, such as that it is wrong to generalize that every millennial is lazy and unfocused. To prove that, Goldman gives several examples of millennials who he interviewed or hired. He says that there are some millennials who are exactly as the bad assumptions describe them. Nevertheless, at the same time there are a great number of millennials who are very talented and hard workers. Moreover, Goldman tells a story that occurred to him with an awful person who is not considered a millennial, to prove to CEOs and their hiring offices that awful people exist in every generation. However, Goldman could have improved his use of logos appeal by giving statistics about millennials who work in companies, rather than just using examples. Furthermore, Goldman could give some examples of very successful millennials such as Mark Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, and Tracy Chou, who is a very famous software engineer, in order to convince businessmen that there are a considerable amount of brilliant and talented