By Sarah Newton I recently found this article talking about Gen Z and their entering the workforce. I thought it was interesting on two fronts; one because we are beginning to talk about Gen Z and two, because it appeared to be giving out the wrong information. So I thought I would share my counter [...]
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By Carol Phillips* “Oh man, I’d make a career out of the Muppets if I could. That’s my real dream job…” — Jason Potteiger, comment on The Next Great Generation Blog When the Founding Fathers wrote “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” I think they must have had Millennials in mind. For the framers, [...]
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By Sarah Newton There is no doubt that the work force has become so much more diverse in every way. From the amount of different generations, the retirement age higher than ever and the gap between young and old and their beliefs of and use of technology have created some big canyons that employers have [...]
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By Sarah Newton It seems long gone are the days when as employers we can forget social media and how we can use it to connect with potential or new employees. However many employers are concerned about the information their employees are sharing on social media sites and there have been cases of employees been [...]
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Posted in Generation Y, Millennial on jul 23rd, 2010
By Blake Sunshine* The hardest part about growing up is figuring out what you want. For a lot of Gen-Y’s this means deciding what to do after graduation. But even years after graduation, the journey of knowing what you want never seems to end. Figuring out what you want is hard, but it becomes so [...]
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By Sarah Newton I do think when it comes to managing Gen Y we are missing a trick. We talk a lot about how Generation Y are good at asking for what they want and fantastic and speaking up, putting their work-life balance at the centre of what they do, all of which I think [...]
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By Carol Phillips* Financial services are waking up to the potential of Gen Y consumers. Millennials may not have a lot of money now, but they are determined to pay down their debt and conserve resources for the future. Coming of age in an era of massive financial uncertainty, they may even come to be [...]
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By Sarah Newton As England comes home defeated from the World Cup, it becomes so obvious that there is lack of good talent coming up through the ranks of sport in the UK and it seems that this skill shortage is hitting hard. My eyes were recently drawn to an article in Construction Manager (my [...]
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By Sarah Newton This is a post that I have wanted to write for so long and no, I haven’t been procrastinating, I just needed to get an inside ticket, so to speak. In the UK there are a few amazing companies that have been started by Gen X ( of Gen Jones for those [...]
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By Sarah Newton There has been little talk up to now about Gen Z, but I can see a few things coming up through the ranks. A recent post has claimed that they are more like Gen Y than Gen Y. Saying that, they are more connected and more comfortable with technology – well of [...]
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