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Old 01-04-2011, 06:45 AM
 
Location: Philaburbia
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Well 76 million Baby Boomers exiting the workforce over the next 20 years is certainly going to create a lot of jobs and I feel I'm at ground zero of the Boomer die off and am looking for every opportunity I can to capitalize on the jobs they are leaving behind.
Sorry my generation has ruined your life. I'm going to live and work until I'm 100, just to spite you.
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Old 01-04-2011, 07:03 AM
 
Location: Kentucky
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Sorry my generation has ruined your life. I'm going to live and work until I'm 100, just to spite you.

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Old 01-04-2011, 10:48 AM
 
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Countering a generalization with a generalization I see? I think GEN Y has more in common with the Greatest Generation than people want to give us credit for.

LOL...in what way?

60 Minutes did an interesting piece on twenty somethings in the work place today. As shocking as this sounds they showed large corporations where HR people said parents of the younger employees would call up and complain if their adult child got a less than stellar written review.

I worked with a lot of college educated people in their late 20s and noticed a lack of maturity with many of them. The norm was to come into work and head down to the cafeteria to have breakfast for a half hour. How about eating at home?

Personal calls and answering cell phones were common. This was at company that dealt with investment management, so it was a professional environment. But I saw a lot of less than professional behavior with this age group.

Don't get me wrong, they were nice and got their work done( sometimes with a lot of whining). But it was like a daycare center at times.
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Old 01-04-2011, 10:58 AM
 
Location: NJ
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Getting a response back on a resume sent to a company through scanning the obits doesn't mean someone wouldn't have gotten that response anyway. Unless you later on figure out the response was indeed for the position the dead person was doing it could very well just be random chance.

I don't think there is anything wrong with doing it and if you are unemployed and have the time anyway I don't think it could hurt. I'm just unsure how well it would actually work.
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Old 01-04-2011, 01:34 PM
 
Location: Kentucky
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LOL...in what way?

60 Minutes did an interesting piece on twenty somethings in the work place today. As shocking as this sounds they showed large corporations where HR people said parents of the younger employees would call up and complain if their adult child got a less than stellar written review.

I worked with a lot of college educated people in their late 20s and noticed a lack of maturity with many of them. The norm was to come into work and head down to the cafeteria to have breakfast for a half hour. How about eating at home?

Personal calls and answering cell phones were common. This was at company that dealt with investment management, so it was a professional environment. But I saw a lot of less than professional behavior with this age group.

Don't get me wrong, they were nice and got their work done( sometimes with a lot of whining). But it was like a daycare center at times.
Go here, What's wrong with Gen X'ers and Millenials?

if you want to argue with me about my generation who is prosecuting a war against a megalomaniacal enemy on two fronts, and has the undaunting task ahead of us of rebuilding the economy of the greatest country in the world. Kinda sounds similar to a story Grandpa told me once .
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Old 01-04-2011, 01:37 PM
 
Location: Kentucky
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Getting a response back on a resume sent to a company through scanning the obits doesn't mean someone wouldn't have gotten that response anyway. Unless you later on figure out the response was indeed for the position the dead person was doing it could very well just be random chance.

I don't think there is anything wrong with doing it and if you are unemployed and have the time anyway I don't think it could hurt. I'm just unsure how well it would actually work.
Time will tell I guess. At the very least it gives me other ways to assist me in my job hunt. I think the average time is 33 weeks right now to find a job for the unemployed? Anything I can do to reduce that time I'm more than willing to try and employ.
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Old 01-04-2011, 03:47 PM
 
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Or just looking for a job, any job. Once you have a job, then it becomes easier to be more specific about what you want. It's like marrying the homely girl to get the supermodel to stalk you. Employers don't want to hire someone who is unemployed.
My first thought was....how macabre.

Now, I'm just laughing. Your brain works different from mine.
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Old 01-04-2011, 11:40 PM
 
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Go here, What's wrong with Gen X'ers and Millenials?

if you want to argue with me about my generation who is prosecuting a war against a megalomaniacal enemy on two fronts, and has the undaunting task ahead of us of rebuilding the economy of the greatest country in the world. Kinda sounds similar to a story Grandpa told me once .
I have nothing but the utmost respect for the young men and women in our military.

But they're in the minority, your average 23 yr old in this country has no interest or concerns in defending this country. They don't even have the passion of the twenty somethings of the 1960s who marched in the streets to protest.

Most(not all) are self absorbed and entitled.

If the draft was ever reinstated can you imagine the reaction....LOL. The whining would be deafening.

Comparing people who are in their 20s today is insulting to the Greatest Generation.

In fact comparing any generation that came after them is insulting.

They endured hardships as children of the Great Depression and then young adults in WW2 that we can't even imagine.
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Old 01-05-2011, 08:30 AM
 
Location: Kentucky
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I have nothing but the utmost respect for the young men and women in our military.

But they're in the minority, your average 23 yr old in this country has no interest or concerns in defending this country. They don't even have the passion of the twenty somethings of the 1960s who marched in the streets to protest.

Most(not all) are self absorbed and entitled.

If the draft was ever reinstated can you imagine the reaction....LOL. The whining would be deafening.

Comparing people who are in their 20s today is insulting to the Greatest Generation.

In fact comparing any generation that came after them is insulting.

They endured hardships as children of the Great Depression and then young adults in WW2 that we can't even imagine.
I don't think the draft would be met with as much whining as it was during the 60s. It hasn't even been ten years since this country was attacked by terrorists. There is also no need for 20 somethings now to march in the street to protest. They have an all volunteer force made up of their peers who are currently defending freedom (and most are making far more than their counterparts who are not). This is also not the Me Generation. Gen Y does care about the greater good of all and would sacrifice if called upon I think.

Gen Y is more like the Greatest Generation than you think. Our legacy will be known as the generation that overcame the recession. God willing, we will be known as the generation that defeated global terrorism so our children don't have to.
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Old 01-05-2011, 12:46 PM
 
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LOL...in what way?

60 Minutes did an interesting piece on twenty somethings in the work place today. As shocking as this sounds they showed large corporations where HR people said parents of the younger employees would call up and complain if their adult child got a less than stellar written review.

I worked with a lot of college educated people in their late 20s and noticed a lack of maturity with many of them. The norm was to come into work and head down to the cafeteria to have breakfast for a half hour. How about eating at home?

Personal calls and answering cell phones were common. This was at company that dealt with investment management, so it was a professional environment. But I saw a lot of less than professional behavior with this age group.

Don't get me wrong, they were nice and got their work done( sometimes with a lot of whining). But it was like a daycare center at times.
Interestingly-- there have been a few books written about managing the 20 somethings. Last womens' leadership conference I went to, it was a common question brought up by many of the women. I have experienced it myself (and I am in my mid 30s). There is definitely a difference, just like there is a different generalization to the baby boomers, the gen x and so forth.

Personally, at the end of the day-- it all comes down to how you manage people individually.
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