Change is what we want to believe in
Categories: Grow
We switch from job to job because our college applications told us we needed to be well rounded. Because the restaurant manager said we needed experience just to seat people to their tables. Because our parents told us they wanted better for us than what they had. We like change. We thrive on it, we’re used to it, and we want it.
Cultural decline: not our fault!
Categories: Think
Someone will always be asking, “What’s up with kids these days?” But youth is a reflection of society, and as our culture free-falls into a downward spiral, so do we. While many find it easy to point the finger of blame at us, the path downhill was paved by our forefathers.
Slacking off? Not if you want to keep up
Categories: Grow
Many people think our generation wastes time with the internet or video games, but we also work hard. The problem is that everyone works hard – our biggest competitors are our friends.
Why I Quit My Job in the Midst of Global Financial Chaos
Categories: Grow
Our parents told us we could do whatever we wanted. But the financial collapse coincided with the emergence of the most educated applicant pool in history and we were forced to find any job we could. With a 14 percent unemployment rate and a generally dismal outlook, we realized our dreams might be out of reach. But we still don’t take those cubicle jobs that people would give limbs for. Because we ask, why shouldn’t work be fun?
Confessions of a College-Educated Busboy
Categories: Live
Whether you’re fresh in, fresh out, or fresh in the middle of your post-secondary education, you’re no doubt well-versed in the challenges of the shrinking job market, the struggling economy or the myriad of other road blocks, detours, speed bumps, spike strips, gaping canyons, lakes of fire, and three-headed hydras standing between your college-educated self and the job of your dreams.
The Internet job hunt
Categories: Grow
Here I stand, halfway through my college career, and I look to the graduating class of 2010 for some answers. Are there jobs for us Millennials? Or should I just give up now, return to the confines of my small town and forget about financial independence? Sure, we had an economic recession, and jobs are [...]
Millennials: Walking Contradictions
Categories: Live
With the economy in a downward spiral and three (and counting) graduating classes now on the job hunt, Gen Y kids’ personalities are becoming the focal point of discussion and analysis. We’re stock full of both anxiety and self-confidence, but how do we balance those two opposite and overwhelming feelings to parlay them into success? [...]
A Call for a New Education System
Categories: Education Week
The education system is broken. The way I see it, there are three potential purposes for education: To help kids find the right path for themselves. To help kids prepare for their careers. To teach kids about the world generally so that they’re prepared for whatever comes next. In my case, the system failed me [...]
We Know The Answers, But Do We Have The Questions?
Categories: Education Week
A Pew Research Center study shows that Millenials are on their way to becoming the most educated generation in history, meaning that more of us are graduating with undergraduate and graduate level degrees than any other generation. This means that more of us have formal education and training. What this doesn’t mean is that we [...]
The Interview: Alex Cattoni “Personal development junkie. Marketing diva. Thrill-seeker.”
Categories: The Interview
Much has been thought, written and said about the ideal Gen Y lifestyle on this blog. Most of us dream it but Alex Cattoni is among the lucky few that lives it. She’s “living the dream” as a Senior Marketer in MindValley (an awesome company featured in TNGG’s Work Posts). Two years ago, she packed [...]
