With more communication channels available than ever before, it’s easy to become overwhelmed and unproductive. So, to increase productivity and make the most of your precious hours during the day, here are a few tips to streamline your workday so you’ll have more time to create valuable personal and business relationships. 1. Schedule a time [...]
Read moreI grew up in a house full of books. I had three giant bookshelves in my room, and we had an entire room devoted just to books. My parents each love to read, and they passed that love onto my sisters and me. Unfortunately, though, blogs have more or less replaced books for me in [...]
Read moreEtiquette. It may sound like an antiquated word from decades gone by, but our potential employers are looking out for it when they’re hiring Gen Y’ers. And we don’t always give it to them. I’m always amazed at the number of people I talk to who think it’s OK to text in a business meeting. [...]
Read moreYou might be appalled when your Facebook friends post sonograms of their future children online, but research shows that’s becoming the norm. According to a study by the Pew Internet and American Life Center, Generation Y is ushering in a new “normal” with regards to sharing information online. Sixty-seven percent of the survey’s respondents said [...]
Read moreThere aren’t too many entry-level jobs that let you combine your personal and professional interests. Maybe you’re lucky enough to have a job that truly, totally fulfills you, but for many Gen Y’ers, that’s not a reality. (At least, not yet.) So how can you develop your outside interest in recycling, fashion, environmentalism, food, video [...]
Read moreThe most popular story on NYTimes.com on Thursday, “American Dream is Elusive for New Generation,” was extremely depressing. Not because it accurately portrayed (again) the tough job market, but because the main source, 24-year-old Scott Nicholson, graduated from Colgate University, applied for jobs, turned down a $40,000/year job and is now down-on-his-luck unemployed. I’m sorry. [...]
Read moreNot everyone is a born networking. Some are more comfortable talking to people than others. Meeting new people face to face and keeping a conversation moving is truly a skill, and it’s not taught in classrooms. If you’re on the shier side of the spectrum, here are four tips for meeting, greeting and wowing new [...]
Read more“I don’t care what people are having for lunch or where they’re going.” Many Gen Y’ers have said that very statement about Twitter, but stop and think for a moment. That’s pretty much all anyone discusses on the biggest social network of our time (so far), Facebook. We spend hours (sometimes several a day, depending [...]
Read moreSo, you’re moving to a new city. You don’t have too many friends in the city, and you don’t even have a permanent, long-term job. What’s a Gen Y’er to do? For many young professionals, this is a reality. It’s true that young people will have more jobs and career changes than older generations, and [...]
Read moreFor Gen Y’ers, there’s a lot of pressure to score the perfect job, with the perfect salary, in the perfect city. But before you get a job — any job — and no matter how you go about getting it, every potential employer is going to want to see a resume. For many of us, [...]
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