Work Posts
A Boomer’s Perspective On Working With Gen Y
Note: Edward Boches is the founder/creator of The Next Great Generation.
I just got back from SxSW. One of my favorite panels was the “We want to work with you” Gen Y panel #sxgeny. For the simple reason that it actually proved to be what the panelists claim they are: collaborative. While virtually every session at [...]
Embracing your Gen Y Status: SXSWi Edition
One of the SXSW interactive panel sessions (and discussions) I attended this week was called “Why Gen Y Wants to Work ‘With’ You, Not ‘For’ You.” The five panelists were all Gen Y employees who shared their personal experiences and tried to dispel some myths and stereotypes placed on their generation. The audience did a [...]
An introduction to co-working
You may not realize, but whenever you sit down at your local coffee shop with a cappuccino and your computer, you’re “co-working.”
Co-working is a pattern of working that’s recently been gaining popularity with the proliferation of mobile tools such as notebooks and wireless internet. Since employees are now able to work from anywhere, sometimes with [...]
I applied for a job in Singapore
I graduate in May.
If you are in the same situation, this sentence probably frightens every brain cell you have. The fact that everyone asks what I am going to do after graduation doesn’t help at all. If you have the luxury to have graduated already—or if you just started college—lucky you! I am jealous.
I started [...]
Where Have You Interned?
When you ask a college senior how many internships they’ve had, it isn’t abnormal for a student to say five or maybe even more. Many members of Generation Y are eager to learn about an industry they’re interested in before graduating college. At times there is a pressure to have an internship, especially during the [...]
Why LinkedIn Makes Me Want to Puke
While I am an occasional user of LinkedIn, it’s last on the list of social media networks (SMN) that I maintain. LinkedIn just does not deliver the same experience as the others, but initially I wasn’t sure why. After some time however, I realized my apathy toward the site was because it more closely resembled [...]
Mentors, why you should get one or be one.
“A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.” –Oprah Winfrey
Everyone knows what a mentor is. The mentor has more experience than the apprentice and provides insight and knowledge to the protégé. I have a few people in my life that have provided me with mentorship. James Hodgins, one of those [...]
Does Gen Y Have a Place in the Corporate World?
I work for a large corporation. It may well be that my older colleagues either don’t know, or don’t remember how old I am, because many often share things with me like, “Young people today just don’t have any sense of loyalty to their employer.” I often speak with frustrated recruiters who find the ideal [...]
The Return Of The Digital Native
We, the Millennials, are often referred to as “digital natives” because we grew up with the Internet. We were all over AIM and now we’re all over Skype. We do research for school projects, watch TV, text and IM all at the same time. We know how to multi-task because we’ve been doing it our whole [...]
Who Is Gen Y?
We have been labeled as Millennials, Generation Y, Generation Me, Generation Why, Generation.com, Wired Generation, MyPod Generation, Baby Boomlets, Echo Boomers, Boomerang Generation, Gen Next, Generation “Have you hugged your child today” and many more. We have been called lazy, spoilt, overprotected, cocky, narcissistic, and dependent daydreamers and idealists.
We have been called the black sheep [...]
