8 mistakes Generation y is making.

1. Stop looking at your phone- Youre too plugged in and relying on technology more than your own knowledge! Can you tell what time it is by using two sticks? Or get from point a to point b using a traditional paper map?

2. Make your phone your friend not your foe. Sign up for news letters, buy books, and use it to obtain more knowledge!

3. Unplug your headphones. Talk to your friends and have more social interactions.

4. Smile. Ive been told ive had a resting bitch face. Lets try and smile more and not scare people away!

5. Keep your word. Make plans and actually pursue them! Theres a whole world to see dont get caught up in work, school, and make time to do things inbetween.

6. Stop hiding. Behind your phone or social media. Be confident and mean waht you say.

7. Stop using dating apps. Go out! Talk to people and makes friends, dont be afraid of the world and again, stop hiding!

8. Stop going for instant gratification. Sometimes the hardest things to accomplish take time but you will feel sooooo accomplished in the end. ((like school))

-Article inspiration-

Ted talk on Gen y.

Why everyone hates us! 

Read and take notes.

Another video of Jason Dorsey standing up for Gen y.

Jason Dorsey website on Gen y.

Generation y attributes.

I recently watched a video for my management class about generation yers. This interactive session, led by Professor Jean Twenge of San Diego State University, provides  insight on hiring and motivating Gen Y. In Professor Jeans’ presentation Jean explains that Gen Y has a sense of self importance and esteem. They often think highly of themselves and think can attribute to their motivation in seeking more knowledge. This is synonomous to the chinese culture and how they have low self esteem but the highest IQ scores and lowest unemployment rate. This video is extremely interesting and if you are a Gen y, it will get you thinking about what type of Gen y-er you are!

A change of pace.

I’m 25 years old living on my own, paying my own bills, and not getting help from a single person. From the day I was able to reach the sink from standing on a chair I had to wash the dishes amoungst other daily chores. I remember liking it because I felt grown up, and when youre a kid you just want to please your parents. I was tought that nothing in life is free and taught the value of money. You must work to make money. If I wanted to go to the movies with my friends or to the mall I would have to do a chore to make money to go. Also, my mom was a single parent it also helped her out.

The day after I turned 16 my mom took me out to look for jobs. My parents are divorced and every wednesday my dad would take us to Perkos for dinner. We became regulars and the manager told me that if I ever wanted a job he would always have one for me. After no luck of finding a job eventually my mom forced me to go into Perkos and ask for the job I was promised. I started working there and saving my money I was making more than I needed, so I opened up a checking account. I saved up $1000 dollars and thought I was rich. Later on I wrecked my moms car and had to pay for all the damage. There went my $1000 dollars and saving money seemed useless. I still worked hard but I used my money to pay for trips or clothes. I took this hard work ethic with me throughout my career and landed every job I applied for using my references. I eventually started saving again and became financially responsible. Since I landed that first job I bought everything myself- toothpaste, shampoo, clothes, and anything else I needed.

I got a job when I was 20 at Chilis. Currently, I am a college student still working at Chilis trying to make ends meet. Well, I noticed a change of pace in the work place. I never noticed until the other day. When things weren’t getting refilled and the team service went down completely I realized that something changed over the years. Kids that are my age landing jobs don’t work as hard or as fast as I worked at their age. They don’t take any pride in their jobs and complain about it being too hard. The managers compensate them by nurturing their complaints and telling the servers to help them out. It’s not that im not working hard enough it’s that I have to work twice as hard to compensate for the younger generations lack of it. Im not sure if it’s because of the parents not teaching their kids the value of money but it scares me to think that this is our future generation.

Although times were hard for me growing up. I wasnt able to do as much as the other kids I was taught a valuable lesson. I will defintely pass that on to my kids.

 Heres an article on how Gen y needs to better prepare themselves financially.

 

A MUST read.

This article was posted on Beta Alphi Psi chapters facebook page, which is an accounting honors society. This article shows how you create a pathway for yourself on building a career rather thatn jumping into one. Brian Fetherstonhaugh explains in his article, “Career Rocket Fuel Whether Youre a Millennial or Eyeing Retirement Heres What You Really Need to get Right About Work” that during the start of your career or while in college you think getting a good job is all about social connections and Brian says youre wrong. (is Linkin redundant?) That there are people who give you a good recommendation for a job or says nice things when youre not around but youve worked to make those people veiw you in that light. You have to work to get the dream job, and climb the ladder. Those experiences can also teach you great life lessons. He uses an example from a book by Malcon Glidewell called Outliers, this book is Glidewells study of the people who are extremely gifted in their feilds, and he concluded that they all spent over 1000 plus hours practicing in that specific feild to make them that good at it. This article is an all around great peice to read and reminded me so much of Malcom Glidewells style of writing.

 

 

 

“Tips from MIllenials on How to Build Your Brand.”

Matt Britton describes in his article, “Tips from Millenials on How to Build Your Brand,” how to market your brand according to millenials. They say marketing is no longer an add in a magazine or a face on a billboard, audiences want to see the creator behind these visions. Personal touches are just one way Matt Britton uses to build your brand in his article. An interesting read which changes todays marketing and branding tactics.

Selfish much?

In loo of my last post-

New development changed traditional norms. Society is molding to fit into this new generation with new gadgets, new looks, and new norms. Such as the prevalnet phrase, “ follow your own path and do what makes you happy.” This phrase that so many millenials live by is selfish. Which teaches them to do what makes THEM happy and to not think of others. New gadgets such as smart phones, and wireless Internet allows society to communicate every thought and opinion, and everyone seems to have an opinion these days. Ironically, it probably makes them happy. This is changing the way millennial’s think, they think they can have an opinion on everything when some things they know nothing about and to not think of the world around them. New looks such as crop-tops, tons of makeup, and Lady Gaga, are all changing the way this new generation views traditional roles.

They think since Lady Gaga is going against what one would consider normal and paving her own path then lets all dress like how we want and wear opinion phrased t-shirts to let the world know how you really feel. Having an opinion on something is great, but I was taught if you don’t know everything about a particular topic then its best to remain neutral. Because you shouldn’t have an opinion on something you know little to nothing about.

These new societal norms are changing and paving generation-y-ers way into the workforce and into this world. Like I said before they are creative and passionate, but this road they’re paving is founded on selfishness- they’re satisfying their own thirst for their own happiness. Take Marines for example, infantry specifically, are on the ground taking, like Robert Frost once said, “a road that is less traveled by”, they’re the first into any combative circumstance. They train long hours, long sleepless nights, spent away from family members, and this requires all their utmost strength. I’m sure isn’t the most ideal situation to be in, but at the end of the day they have pride. The military is  trained with the same regime as the men and woman that trained 40 years before them trained and held to the same standards and follow the same traditions. They’re taught heirarchy, leadership, responsibility, and humilty. They are doing something completely selfless for their country. Take someone who joined the peace corps, or someone who works for a non-profit in a third world country. Third world countries that are fighting their own civil wars, and they volunteer regardless of their safety. These people sacrifice their life to aid someone elses. These people may have aspired to be a marine, a non-profit worker, or part of the peace corps, but this is a road less traveled by todays society. These people are satisfying a thirst that is not based on their own selfishness but selflessness.

The military has specific set of codes, that one in the military must follow. These are set by generations before them that are a precendent to all that is military. Compared to other military around the world Americais known to be the strongest. The non-profit workers, and the peace corps have all sacraficed their livelyhood, their crop tops, wifi, and make up.  What about our people that embody our country, can we say the same about them? Is this because there are no longer traditions for them to follow? When thinking of this generation the quintessential vision I get is a crop top, phone in hand, consumed by their own self preservaiton.

I will choose a road less traveled by and I will do something I will be proud of.

Generation Y in the workplace.

The baby boomer generation’s career goals were simple, they picked a career path, went to school and pursued a career in that field then started a family. Generation y are paving a new path that is driven by passion, creativity and their own personal interests. A job that doesn’t involve passion or creativity isn’t worth the generation y’s time. Generation y often come off as lazy, unreliable, or impulsive but maybe they have inherent differences in the workforce.

There is always the assumption that you choose a field of study, go to school, and pursue that career. Today, with so many options, smarter students are choosing areas of study that are driven by their passions, such as English and gender studies. These smart, creative individuals, are applying for positions with a seemingly irrelevant major to the position they’re applying for. Instead of companies passing up their application, companies are having to be more creative in their hiring process because the perfect fit for position might be amongst a wide array of candidates. The hard working, critical thinking, perfect candidate could be a classics major, they’ll never know until they try.

Generation y has a wondering mentality, being happy in their workplace is essential to keeping them around. Companies are adopting ways to keep their employees happy by making it a priority. Not just for the generation y-ers but happiness boosts creativity, and creativity boosts critical thinking. Studies show that the most creative people in this world are children, and why? Because children are given recesses and breaks to unwind and this boosts creativity. Companies such as Google have adopted such theories and created an environment for them to unwind and let their creative juices flow. They have bikes, skateboards, and roller-skates for employees to use, they have nap rooms, painting, yoga, and much more. Google is one of the most successful search engines and their stock is a testament of that. We’ve learned that:

Happy passionate employees= a successful business.

Money is either important or it isn’t. Passion doesn’t necessarily translate into money. One thing generation y-ers have learned from Kerouac and Thoreau is that money isn’t important. One should never be tied to anything material or monetary. The reason for success in the workplace is that success is driven my passion, and creativity, not by money. Money which results from success is just an inevitable outcome which benefits shareholders. However, if money is important generation y has to set aside their issues with the traditional workforce. Although serving tables is what you love but you’re not living comfortable financially, you’re going to want to make more practical choices. Separate your passion/personal interests from what you can do professionally and move from there. Sometimes your passion isn’t what will make you money. Take your passion as a hobby that makes you happy and figure out what you can contribute to the professional world.

These inherent differences generation y has in the workplace meet the changes going on in business. Changes going on with technology, marketing, and demographics, businesses are seeking generation yers to meet these changes. In hopes of a successful business, happiness and creativity in the workplace are being put on the forefront of many businesses goals.  However, they may not be meeting traditional standards that remain? Does the business world need to meet them half way?

Article on how baby boomers and Gen y will reshape your agenda.

How to recruit and hire Gen y.