Dismal economy puts the fight into Gen Y?
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- December
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Finally! The one person who gets us is, well, one of us. Drats. Anyway, while I posted the other day that some bigwig PhD says the under-30 generation is too soft to spearhead the great innovations of the future, a Gen Yer fires back.
Nadira Hira writes on the Fortune blog that rather than spit-balling young pros during this economic crisis, bosses should be jolted awake with the realization that the rules of the game have changed.
Unlike our parents who clung to the same companies for eons, our heightened fears about job security have made us more compelled than ever to “follow our dreams,” “make a difference,” and all that beauty pageantry-type stuff.
In short: we’re not sticking around if we aren’t happy.
While there is some truth to what Hira espouses, it’s hard to be quixotic with $40G in student loans.
(AP PHOTO/Paul Sakuma)
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on Wednesday, December 17th, 2008 at 7:15 pm by Theresa Juva.
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