Generation Y

ING Retirement Coach on Graduates' Failure to Launch

Jacob Gold | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: College Students, Retirement Planning, Personal Finance, Financial Advice, Boomerang Effect, College Graduation, Boomerang Generation, Generation Y, College Graduates, Money News
Jacob Gold

The beauty of the boomerang is that after sending it off, it comes right back to its original destination. In the case of parents sending their children to college -- or the workforce -- and having them return home, the effect might not have the same "beauty."

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Philanthropy Mindset Hampers Sustainability Efforts

John Friedman | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Careers, Sustainability, Human Resources, Csr, Recruiting, Generation Y, Gender Pay Gap, Idealism, Business News
John Friedman

How can we say we are building a business model if so many of us building it are following the charity model ourselves? As we tell businesses that they can do well by doing good, how many of us are remaining content to do good without doing well?

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SEEDing a New Kind of STEM

Thomas Fisher | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Generation Y, John Maeda, Arne Duncan, Engineering, Education, Anthony Carnevale, Education Reform, STEM Education, Education News
Thomas Fisher

The STEM fields do indeed contribute to our technology-based economy, but whether they do so for good or ill depends upon how we grow these new educational shoots and to what end.

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Fearing Fear Itself

Marian Salzman | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Obama Hope, Google, Subprime Crisis, Gmos, Fear, Fukushima, France, 9/11, French Jews, Elections 2012, The Economy, Palestinians, Mad Cow Disease, Bernie Madoff, France Elections, Politics, Students Loans, Advertising, College, Martin Luther King Jr., Public Relations, Fearless, Japan, Israel, Generation Y, South Sudan, Becoming Fearless, Becoming-Fearless, Politics News
Marian Salzman

In this election year, I've been on fear watch. Folks are fearful of everything from 2012 theories to GMOs to student loans taking over as the number one source of pain for college grads everywhere.

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Generational Warfare

Jeremy White | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Jobs, Generation X, Class, Economy, Recession, Generation Y, Occupy Wall Street, Politics News
Jeremy White

The true problem we are experiencing today is not a case of the pleebs versus the aristocracy but is in fact a form of generational warfare.

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This Generation Lost The Genetic Lottery

Reuters | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Generation Lost, Dot-Com Burst, Student Debt, Millennials, Reuters, Economic Recovery, Student Loans, Student Loan Debt, Generation Y, Recession, Money News

By Chris Taylor NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters) - Annabel Adams has seen a lot in her life: 9-11, the dot-com bust, the h...

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Generation Y Turns Five

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Freedom of Expression in Cuba, Generacion Y, Generation Y, Human Rights in Cuba, Cuba, Yoani Sanchez Cuban Blogger, Yoani Sanchez, World News
Yoani Sanchez

A child of five starts school, but a blog of the same age has already taken more daring steps. Today, I am making an effort to remember that quiet and fearful woman, from before April 9, 2007, who created Generation Y. But I can't.

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The New Capitalists

Brian LaSorsa | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Generation Y Beliefs, Corporations, Corporate Law, New Capitalists, Capitalism, Generation Y, New Capitalism, The Great Gatsby, College News
Brian LaSorsa

I really don't blame them, these corporations. They're old men trying to make a living in a young economy. If our business models were as terrible as theirs, we'd fight in support of protectionist legislation, too.

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Wanting to Have a Baby in My Twenties

Kate Fridkis | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Generation Y, Motherhood, Kate Fridkis, Being a Young Woman, Babies, Womanhood, Young Women in NYC, Women News
Kate Fridkis

In our society, motherhood and success are seen as distinct. We try to pretend we value everything equally while publishing op-eds about whether or not the sexual revolution was a good idea.

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Analysis of Kony 2012: Lying to Tell the Truth

Winnie Kao | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Social Media, Internet, Millenials, Viral Videos, Marketing, Youtube, Kony 2012, Storytelling, Joseph Kony, Invisible Children, Uganda, Stories, Social Media Marketing, Jason Russell, Generation Y, Impact News
Winnie Kao

The reason that this video went viral is because so much strategy and funding went into making sure that it triggered certain reactions for the audience.

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What's the Deal With Generation 'Why Bother'? One 20-Something Speaks Out

LearnVest | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: 20-Somethings, Generation Y, Millenials, Gen Y, Women News
LearnVest

People have a lot of opinions about money. In our "Money Mic" series, we hand over the podium to someone with a strong opinion on a financial topic. ...

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Gen-X/Gen-Y Wealth Is Coming to Wall Street -- Financial Services Needs to "Catch the Wave"

April Rudin | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Social Media, Baby Boomers, Private Wealth Management, Gen X, Wealth, Wall Street, Social Networking, Brokerage Firms, Gen Y, Banks, Generation X, Banking Industry, Generation Y, Financial Advice, Brokers, Money News
April Rudin

The differentiators and qualities displayed by Gen-X and Gen-Y need to be well-understood and addressed to attract the the next wave of wealth.

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WATCH: Builders Design New Homes For Changing Lives Of Post 50s

Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Generation X, Multigenerational, Building Concepts, Video, Baby Boomers, Generation Y, Multigenerational Homes, Sandwich Generation, Fifty News

In decades past, builders have marketed age-restricted communities to post 50s. But life has changed for many boomers: college kids are taking longer ...

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SURVEY: How SXSW Attendees Give Back

Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Video, Charity, SXSW 2012, Donating to Charity, Social Services, Generation X, Survey, Online Giving, Sxsw, Generation Y, Convio, Children's Charities, Impact News

The thousands of people who thronged to Austin for South by Southwest apparently share more in common than a love for music, tech and film. An overwhe...

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Best Jobs For Young People Are Those That 'Can't Be Done By A Robot'

Reuters | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Generation Y Jobs, Health Care Jobs, Video, Best Jobs, Reuters, Business News, Jobs, Millennial Generation, Best Jobs Young People, Generation Y, Jobs for Young People, Business News

(Adds updated link to website) NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - Young people looking for a job with good pay, flexible hours and job sec...

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Why Generation Y Can't Grow Up: A Recession Tale

Tyler Moss | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Moving in With Parents After College, Moving in With Parents, Lost Generation, Generation Y Lost, College Graduate Unemployment, College Debt, Generation Y, Generation Y Unemployment, 18 to 34 Demographic, Post-Grad Unemployment, Culture News
Tyler Moss

The Great Recession took adulthood off the table for Millenials -- not that we are the first to live through economic instability, but we are the most educated generation to weather mass unemployment.

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Soldier. Designer. Star.

Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Willie Charles, Baby Boomers, Generation Y, Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Millenials, Veteran Youth, Veteran Teens, Baby Boomer Generation, Millenial Generation, Veteran Youths, Generation Y Generation, Get on the Shelf, Get on the Shelf Walmart, Millennials in the Workplace, Millennial Entrepreneurs, Impact News
Elizabeth Blackney

Millennials have been at war, or watching war, for most of their lives. Rather than be victimized by tough times, they are like the Greatest Generation. Fighting and returning.

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An Opinion on Kony 2012: Slactivism and Gullible Youth

TNGG | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Visibile Children, Kony 2012, Invisible Children, Social Action, Activism, Students, Generation Y, Gen Y, Slactivism, Video, College News
TNGG

There are other ways to get rid of Kony and end the exploitation of children in Africa that don't include violence or the American military. We shouldn't always fight violence with violence.

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Why It's A Lousy Time To Be A Twenty-Something

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Young Worker Salary, Income Gap, Student Debt, Millennial Generation, Student Loans, Recession, Young Workers, Millennials in the Workplace, Gender Gap, Video, Young Adults, Pay Gap, Great Recession, Millennials, Gender Pay Gap, Wage Gap, Generation Y, Business News

Attention, young workers: It's not your imagination. Your're underpaid. Wages for employees in their twenties took a sharp dive during the past de...

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Waking Up Wall Street, Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mob

Cole Hill | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Unemployment, #Occupywallstreet, Generation Y, Economic Crisis, Occupy Wall Street, New York News
Cole Hill

This August, I lost my job. Losing a job isn't news, especially today, but this brought about your standard existential career crisis. Plus, telling my story this way is a lot more postmodern, and thus trendy, so just roll with me.

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The End Of The American Dream?

The Atlantic | Derek Thompson | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Home Ownership, Young People, Millenials, Saving Money, Spending Money, American Dream, Generation Y, Money News

When older generations wonder what's the matter with Millennials, they often judge their younger cohorts against such financial and social benchmarks ...

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WATCH: Gen X vs. Gen Y

Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Video, Topic a With James Urbaniak, Generation X vs Generation Y, Born in the 80s, James Urbaniak Alison Agosti, Gen X, The Venture Brothers, James Urbaniak, Millennials, Generation X, Alison Agosti, Urbaniak Millennials, Generation Y, Comedy News

You might know James Urbaniak as the voice of Dr. Venture on Adult Swim's "The Venture Brothers," or you might know him from his numerous roles in ind...

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Unraveling the Mushroom Theory in Cyprus

Marina Theodotou | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Generation X, Political Divisions, Greek Cypriot, Cyprus, Generation Y, Generation Gap, World News
Marina Theodotou

It seems that the various local politicians are holding self-built compasses wrought with personal dogmas, unreliable and rusty and they are guiding the emotionally charged masses to nowhere... perhaps a bit like the emotionally and strategically blind leading the blind?

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Generations X and Y: Grit, Freedom and Triumph

Elizabeth Blackney | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Music Industry, Millennial Generation, Hunter Hayes, Generation Y, Terrorism, Country Music, Generation X, Act of Valor, Impact News
Elizabeth Blackney

They are the children of Baby Boomers, Generation Jones and GenXers. More than anything, Generation Y are fearless creators of content.

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A Minute With... David Jones

David D. Burstein | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: UK, David Burstein, Walmart, Youth, Bp, Mark Zuckerberg, Social Entreprenuership, Millennial Generation, Social Business, Facebook, Havas, Advertising, Ceos, Millennials, Unilever, David Cameron, Generation Y, One Young World, Arab Spring, David Jones, Business News
David D. Burstein

I first met David Jones at the One Young World summit in Zurich where I saw these principles in action. I recently spoke with him about Who Cares Wins and his overall argument that holds that in the 21st century, businesses need to "do good" and "do well" in order to survive and thrive.

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