Gen Z women are growth-hunting. 📈

Gen Z women aren’t just entering the workforce; they’re rewriting it. According to Randstad Digital, 25% of Gen Z tech workers want to pair a full-time job with a side hustle, but women are leading the charge. More than half (55%) of Gen Z women already have one, and 27% are considering launching one soon, compared to just 20% of men.

Nearly 72% of Gen Zers would leave a job that lacked development opportunities. They’re learning negotiation and leadership skills from TikTok and YouTube, and they’re unapologetically walking away from workplaces that lack equity, transparency, or purpose.

They’re also redefining ambition. Many embrace what Glassdoor calls “career minimalism," viewing full-time jobs as financial anchors, not lifelong pursuits. Sixty-eight percent say they wouldn’t chase management roles without the title or paycheck, opting instead for "career lily pads" that fit their current goals.

For employers, the message is clear: Gen Z women aren’t job-hopping, they’re growth-hunting.

When investors couldn’t see past their femtech boxes, Claire Coder reframed Aunt Flow, pitching period care not as women’s health, but as facility infrastructure. That shift landed an $8.5M Series A from JLL Spark, a proptech fund that saw what others missed.

The same playbook guides Noa Simons of Good Bread Capital Partners. After watching traditional banks bury small businesses in paperwork, she built a faster, fairer lending model, with 30-minute applications, decisions in days, and rates lower than credit cards.

The pattern is clear. When markets say “we never considered it,” women build what should have existed all along. The best female founders aren’t waiting for validation; they’re redefining the categories entirely.