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Here is a really interesting segment that was broadcast on 60 minutes and was passed on to me. It gives some good insight into my generation. If the video below is slow to load up, here is the link to the story.
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I hate to think that this image of “Millenials” is what employers think when they receive my resume or have me in for a job interview. I wrote a guest post about this exact story for Businesspundit.
Hopefully, the bad opinions of our generation in the 60 minutes special won’t stay true for all the recent college grads.
The guest post is at http://www.businesspundit.com/50226711/not_built_for_business_are_we_the_greatest_generation.php if anyone is interested.
I’m proud to be of a generation that seeks to improve the quality of jobs and workplaces. Better work can be done in an environment where people are respectful of each other, and each individual’s development is prized. Our generation is better educated in psychology and in what it takes to motivate people to do well. Happy people do better work. So why should we settle for old-school work places?
I was very interested to see this video and to realize that it isn’t just me who feels this way!
Our generation will revolutionize the system- we’re the google generation and we’re powerful!
Funny, this piece about millennials - I guess I am right in the middle of this generation - 1985 - and I guess I recognize some of these characteristics in myself. I put myself first, and I too share in the mythology of “the dream job” - but my dream job isn’t defined by pizza and foosball. I like to keep my silly fun and my work separate - if I had to work in that Zappos office I would probably walk, and if my shrink-talking-boss gives me a participation award, I would probably need to see a real shrink to cope with it.
I really don’t begrudge anyone else who finds that kind of work environment truly stimulating, but I hope that this does not become the dominant corporate culture - I want to be challenged, I want to be told when I mess up, and I want to have fun and wear silly hats with my friends and family, but work in my office.