An older generation, perhaps the grandparents of millenials, may have viewed their job as work, but also as a privilege. They may have felt fortunate to have a job. A millenial sees a job or career as an entitlement, and, at best something that provides fulfillment, or at least cash for lifestyle sustenance. Those 20-somethings interviewed in the 60-Minutes article didn’t see any problem with jumping from job to job to get where they want to go or just for a ‘change of scenery’.

So, with that mindset, showing up or not showing up for an interview may be based on the young job hunter’s fleeting feelings getting a job and the idea that “if I blow it off today something better will come along tomorrow” rather than a previous generation’s ideas of professional courtesy or societal responsibility.

We can not longer assume certain things about job hunters and employees. We know that we must have understanding and dialog with employees, who knew that we would need understanding and dialog just to get a candidate to an interview? I guess you have to decide how badly you want to talk to that candidate to first lay down and confirm some ground rules for an interview.