Comments on: Y Bother? A Look At Generation Y http://www.ere.net/2008/10/22/y-bother-a-look-at-generation-y/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:12:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin Fallon http://www.ere.net/2008/10/22/y-bother-a-look-at-generation-y/comment-page-1/#comment-8138 Kevin Fallon Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:44:31 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=4377#comment-8138 I hope everyone is aware of a book that was just released (see below).....The Millennials are a "bigger boom" than the baby boom in terms of sheer numbers and will have a greater impact on the workplace than Gens X and Y OCTOBER 21, 2008 The 'Trophy Kids' Go to Work Article in The Wall Street Journal With Wall Street in turmoil and a financial system in crisis mode, companies are facing another major challenge: figuring out how to manage a new crop of young people in the work force -- the millennial generation. Born between 1980 and 2001, the millennials were coddled by their parents and nurtured with a strong sense of entitlement. In this adaptation from "The Trophy Kids Grow Up: How the Millennial Generation Is Shaking Up the Workplace," Ron Alsop, a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, describes the workplace attitudes of the millennials and employers' efforts to manage these demanding rookies. * * * I hope everyone is aware of a book that was just released (see below)…..The Millennials are a “bigger boom” than the baby boom in terms of sheer numbers and will have a greater impact on the workplace than Gens X and Y

OCTOBER 21, 2008
The ‘Trophy Kids’ Go to Work
Article in The Wall Street Journal

With Wall Street in turmoil and a financial system in crisis mode, companies are facing another major challenge: figuring out how to manage a new crop of young people in the work force — the millennial generation. Born between 1980 and 2001, the millennials were coddled by their parents and nurtured with a strong sense of entitlement. In this adaptation from “The Trophy Kids Grow Up: How the Millennial Generation Is Shaking Up the Workplace,” Ron Alsop, a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, describes the workplace attitudes of the millennials and employers’ efforts to manage these demanding rookies.

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]]> By: Jennifer Porter http://www.ere.net/2008/10/22/y-bother-a-look-at-generation-y/comment-page-1/#comment-8136 Jennifer Porter Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:13:34 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=4377#comment-8136 This is great. Not sure if you saw yesterday's article in the Wall Street Journal Titled "The Trophy Kids' Go to Work." Here is a link in case you did not: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455219391652725.html. Also David Mezzapelle, our founder, gave a fantastic lecture recently at the UCONN School of Business on this topic. The lecture was titled "Trends in Online Recruiting & Generational Demographics." Here is a link to that as well: http://goliathjobs.com/uploads/RecruiterSummitLecture.pdf This is great. Not sure if you saw yesterday’s article in the Wall Street Journal Titled “The Trophy Kids’ Go to Work.” Here is a link in case you did not: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122455219391652725.html.

Also David Mezzapelle, our founder, gave a fantastic lecture recently at the UCONN School of Business on this topic. The lecture was titled “Trends in Online Recruiting & Generational Demographics.” Here is a link to that as well: http://goliathjobs.com/uploads/RecruiterSummitLecture.pdf

]]> By: prSPEAK.com » Blog Archive » Gen Y video follow up http://www.ere.net/2008/10/22/y-bother-a-look-at-generation-y/comment-page-1/#comment-8135 prSPEAK.com » Blog Archive » Gen Y video follow up Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:06:06 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=4377#comment-8135 [...] add-on given the nature of yesterday’s topic.  This morning I stumbled into this video from Electronic Recruiter Exchange, which interviewed number of HR/recruiter types at one of its conferences to get their thoughts on [...] [...] add-on given the nature of yesterday’s topic.  This morning I stumbled into this video from Electronic Recruiter Exchange, which interviewed number of HR/recruiter types at one of its conferences to get their thoughts on [...]

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