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The Millennial Myth

By Sarah Newton We have long been fed the line that Millennials are disloyal employees who expect to work when they want and how they want, but new research could be knocking these long held myths on their head. The Price Waterhouse Coopers ‘Millennials at work’ research looks at the opinions and expectations of over [...]

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By Carol Phillips* Nearly 20 years ago, William Strauss and Neil Howe wrote a book that theorized a 22 year generational cycle based on repeating generational archetypes called simply “Generations“. They called these cycles ‘turnings’. Children raised during a particular Turning share similar historical and cultural experiences, which results in their being like each other, [...]

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By Sarah Newton As you may or may not know, as I write this the UK is going through a political stalemate, with no stable government and all the parties trying to decide if and how they will form a government. The UK look on in disbelief, not quite knowing what to do. (We now [...]

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By Carol Phillips* One of the biggest myths about Millennials is that they are all digital natives, blogging and tweeting their way through life. The truth is a bit more nuanced. True, Millennials are some of the most avid USERS of mobile and Internet technology. The age of first cell phone is dropping rapidly and [...]

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By Sarah Newton* As I work with more and more companies, I am seeing something that is very striking; a lack of what I would call a Young Worker Friendly policy. I work a lot with the service, catering and leisure industry which, let’s face it, lives on young employees and yet, for some reason, [...]

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By Blake Sunshine It can be tough to be a Millennial at work. Especially when you are working with people who are 10 to 30 years older than you. And while Millennials sometimes get a bad reputation, we know that we bring value to the workplace. Of course, it’s important that we play nice with [...]

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