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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Posted in Artikullocks, Book, Generation, Job on nov 6th, 2009
By Ines Schinazi Don Tapscott is a visionary. He is the co-author of one of today’s best-selling Management books, “Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.” His avant-garde thinking has resulted in such brilliantly precocious works as his book about the Internet written in 1981, as well as his innovative vision of a collaborative workplace in [...]
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By Eline Kullock As I follow the selective processes for trainees and interns in Brazil, I notice that there’s a very clear change in candidate behavior, which only confirms much of the discussion about Generation Y. Grupo Foco selects interns and trainees. Through this experience I’ve noticed a significant change in the behavior of Generation [...]
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Posted in Artikullocks, Generation, Job on out 5th, 2009
By Zuza Seixas* When the workplace becomes a part of an autonomous sphere, it determines in people’s lives, the way they behave, as a being, separate from the larger body of a “we.” A series of myths appear, with terrors and hopes, on this blank sheet of paper, which with which we are all unfamiliar. [...]
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By Tatiana Penteado* “There’s no point in attempting to find new paths on old maps.” This sentence says all about managing people from a different generation than your own… I’m part of Generation X, and most of the workers I manage, are women from Gen Y. Imagine what an explosive combination. This generation gap translates [...]
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Posted in Artikullocks, Generation, Job on set 18th, 2009
Por Zuza Seixas* When the workplace becomes a part of an autonomous sphere, it determines in people’s lives, the way they behave, as a being, separate from the larger body of a “we.” A series of myths appear, with terrors and hopes, on this blank sheet of paper, which with which we are all unfamiliar. [...]
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The red areas indicate regions of activation in the functional MRI scanner during the particular task – reading (1st photo) or web searching (2nd photo). By Ines Schinazi Technology is obviously changing the way we speak, communicate, interact, and relate to each other. But is technology also changing our brains? Dr. Gary Small thinks so. [...]
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By Cheila Esquilin “You’re young. You’re inexperienced. You’re a slacker. You’re immature. You can’t hold down a job. You can’t handle any responsibilities.” Does that sound familiar? Has anybody, lets say elderly, said those words to you before? That’s how my elders see me. But that’s far from how I see the majority of my [...]
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By Eline Kullock Although it’s uncommon for a Baby Boomer, I consider myself to be a heavy social media user. This makes it possible for me to observe how young people are using online tools. I see a lot of young people joining online groups, focused around really strange themes, to say the least. I [...]
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By Eline Kullock Yesterday I gave a lecture in Porto Alegre. My lecture was part of a Management Seminar which included people such as Jose Tolovi Jr, the president of the “Great Place to Work Institute” and Carlos Faccina, the President of BSP and ex-Director of HR at Nestle. I tackled the issue of different [...]
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