AHAmanda Hoover

1. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Amanda Hoover

   Bosses say Gen Zers aren't ready for work. Whose fault is that? (opens the original)

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   My first internship gave me a simple task: Email a press release to a large list of reporters. I followed the meticulous formatting instructions from a binder, and hit send. Minutes later, a supervisor let me know that I had botched this most basic responsibility. I needed to BCC the list of recipients, something I had neglected to do because in my time in a college classroom, I hadn't learned what BCC meant. It was the kind of rookie mistake I couldn't anticipate and learn only by bumbling thro

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2. Article · Jul 5, 2026 · Amanda Hoover

   Why every job description suddenly feels like a CVS receipt (opens the original)

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   When Robin Olsen started applying for communications jobs three months ago, she noticed a shift: The job descriptions had grown longer. One combined communications and marketing, typically two separate roles, into one. Others seemed to have "crazy wish lists," Olsen says. One was so overwhelmingly long that it prompted Olsen to shut it from her browser. "My premise is, if you actually think that one person can do all of that, this isn't the place for me," Olsen says. "No one could ever succeed a

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