Are we creating the standard of a poor work ethic?
Posted On October 28, 2015
Last time, we looked at the millennial backlash toward the “entitled” stereotype. In a recent column for linkedin.com, bestselling author and sales leadership consultant Lisa Earle McLeod argues that perhaps it’s not the millennials who need to adjust, but the workplace itself. Writing with her millennial daughter, cum laude Boston University grad Elizabeth McLeod, she notes that one of the biggest disconnects for millennials in the workplace isn’t that they expect too much, but that employers expect too little. Written as an open letter to management from a resigning millennial, McLeod’s number one reason for that “resignation” was that low… Read More
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A Sharp Stick in Your Eye. And My Eye, Too.
Posted On October 22, 2015
So apparently, millennials don’t like to be referred to as entitled. Los Angeles Times columnist Chris Erskine found out as much when he created a “millennial pledge” in a recent column. Framed as a list of action points “signifying a ceremonial crossing into adulthood,” the list hits on several themes familiar to the popular picture of millennialism. Dress up for that interview. Be on time. Put down the coffee and take that part-time job, “even if I feel like it’s beneath me.” Put down the phone. And when you do pick it up, how about making an actual phone call?… Read More
Categories: Generation Y / Millennials
“Thanks, Captain Obvious.”
Posted On October 7, 2015
Some of my favorite commercials are the Hotels.com ads with Captain Obvious. When the hotel guest locks himself out of his room while wearing nothing but his underwear, Captain Obvious says: “Most people wear pants.” A quick read of a recent MarketWatch article on the biggest financial mistakes typically made by Generation X and Generation Y might make even Captain Obvious himself say, ‘Well, duh.’ They aren’t saving. They don’t get professional help. They aren’t taking full advantage of employer 401(k) matches. They aren’t investing, and they aren’t saving outside their 401(k). You don’t say? A look inside some of these issues,… Read More
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