Is College Diversity a Response to Gen Y?
Categories: Education Week
Embracing diversity and multiculturalism seem to be two huge persuaders for college and universities who want to attract Gen Y students. They have established programs for recruiting both internationally and intranationally, and it is not uncommon to see a school boast of their student population representing “40 states and 37 countries around the globe.” Was [...]
Embracing your Gen Y Status: SXSWi Edition
Categories: Business
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 [...]
Why LinkedIn Makes Me Want to Puke
Categories: Business
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 [...]
Who Is Gen Y?
Categories: Business
By Andreana “Addy” Drencheva 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 [...]
