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Bearing Witness to Change
This weekend, I went to a funeral for a woman who was born in 1910. She died on Memorial Day at the age of 101. A true celebration of life, the funeral service for my Great-Aunt really got me thinking of the amazing change and advancements she witnessed.
In her lifetime, she watched as communication shifted from the first radio stations to iPhones and Twitter. Music on the radio shifted from jazz and big band to 80s rock and hip-hop. She heard of Charles Lindbergh flying across the Atlantic, the U.S. landing on the moon and satellite exploration of our solar system. She lived through too many wars. Her family drove some of the first cars, and now, we’ve developed cars to run on electricity (albeit, not very far).
The technological advances that she witnessed are nothing short of amazing and overwhelming.
As a Millennial, I’m wondering if I will experience the same leaps and bounds in society and technology.
Sure, new things will be invented to make our lives easier, faster and more convenient. We will experience our own social injustices and fights for equality. Undoubtedly, war will continue and evolve. But, will we bear witness to changes that are so widespread and life-altering? I’m not so sure.
Retaining Millennial Employees
Posted by Kristin in In the News on August 17, 2010
While searching for inspiration for this blog post, I found a story I had bookmarked on my Delicious account. On the Brazen Careerist, 36 Facts about Generation Y in the Workplace and Beyond, the author shares facts and observations about the Millennial generation – the known and relatively unknown.
Many of the facts are interesting, and worth a look, broken out in categories like Racial Make-Up, Debt & Financial Outlook and Lifestyle, Civic Engagement, Family. However, the two facts that really stuck out to me were:
10. About 60% of younger workers say it is not very likely or not likely at all that they will stay with their current employers for the remainder of their working life. (In contrast, 62% of Generation X workers say it’s likely they will never leave their current employer while 84% of Baby Boomers expect to remain with their current employer for the rest of their working life.)
11. Only 1/3 of Millennials say their current job is their career.
Millennials to the Rescue?
Posted by Kristin in In the News on June 8, 2010
I’m sure most of you read the opinion piece in the New York Times entitled “Save Us, Millenials.” I know it was extensively passed around on Twitter and Facebook last week. I’ve read it at least five times now, and every time, something new jumps out at me.
Now, there have been TONS of books, articles and opinion pieces written about the Millennial generation. From the book Generations (which is next on my list to read), to the article in last month’s Delta Sky Magazine, it seems people just love talking about us. And, my oh my, the adjectives used to describe us are vast: entitled, lazy, driven, optimistic.
Whatever you’d like to call us, I believe Timothy Egan nailed it when he said:
Instead, at a time when most Americans described themselves as “angry,” the generation now entering adulthood is keeping their trademark optimism. A recent, detailed survey of their attitudes done by the Pew Research Center was headlined: “The Millennials: Confident. Connected. Open to Change.”
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