Gen Z say selling their secondhand stuff online is teaching them more about business than college—and 85% of hiring managers agree
Gen Z and millennial graduates are calling their degrees worthless. Meanwhile, bosses are saying the same degrees failed to prepare them for the workforce.
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Gen Z and millennial graduates are calling their degrees worthless. Meanwhile, bosses are saying the same degrees failed to prepare them for the workforce. Shockingly, young people are saying they’ve learned more about the business world from selling their clothes on the likes of Vinted and Depop than they did in college. That’s according to new research exclusively shared with Fortune from secondhand fashion marketplace Depop, which found that 71% of Gen Z sellers say online resale has taught them more practical business knowledge than their formal education did.
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Gen Z say selling their secondhand stuff online is teaching them more about business than college—and 85% of hiring managers agree
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