Summer has welcomed in a high-tide of interns. If you live in the Washington, D.C. area, you know of the influx of twenty-someones who swarm the city from May to August. A recent TIME magazine article stated that 2010 ushered in a 2.9% increase in the number of internships from the previous summer, but that [...]
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 moreRecently, my professional circle is talking a lot about creativity. How do we capture and manipulate it in ourselves? How do we inspire it among coworkers/employees? How do we let it transform our work into something greater? It all started with Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman’s Newsweek series stating that, since 1990, scores on creativity [...]
Read moreEmployers, it is official: Social media is here to stay for Gen Y. According to the most recent study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, Gen Y and other Millennial generations will rely on social networks in the future. Of the total sample, 69% of Generation Y (also called “digital natives”) reported that they [...]
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 moreIn many ways, Gen Y is ushering in the age of social philanthropy. Companies used to participate in various volunteering activities, such as adopting a needy family and showering them with gifts during the holiday season. Since then, corporate social responsibility has launched in a few new directions. One is more effectively a marketing tool [...]
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 moreWhen I say the words “American Dream,” what comes to mind? Our answers may vary drastically, but for Gen X and Baby Boomers, the common answer is a house, a padded 401K and a healthy family — with health insurance. Gen Y also grew up with that influence, and while they would love to add [...]
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