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GENERATIONS

GENERATIONS. Matures Born before 1945 Baby Boomer Born between 1945 and 1964 Generation X Born between 1965 and 1981 Millennials Born between 1982-1999. Generation Differences. MATURES BOOMERS GEN X MILLENNIALS

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GENERATIONS

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  1. GENERATIONS Matures Born before 1945 Baby Boomer Born between 1945 and 1964 Generation X Born between 1965 and 1981 Millennials Born between 1982-1999

  2. Generation Differences MATURES BOOMERS GEN X MILLENNIALS Confident * * * * Techno-Savvy * * Team-Oriented * * * Street Smart * * Globally Conscious * * Diverse * * Optimistic * * Entrepreneurial * * *

  3. MILLENNIALS: Who are they? • 75% have working mothers • Ethnically diverse: 34% are non-caucasian • 33% born to single mothers • 28% born to Boomers who waited to have children • Structurally diverse: 47% have divorced parents &/or blended family

  4. MILLENNIAL Characteristics • Parents support and protect them • Happiest and most confident generation • Desire to be around their family • Own lots of stuff • Media has closely followed this generation and it caters to them

  5. MILLENNIALS are Sheltered • Huge amount of Child Protection Policies have been created since 1982 (kid safety rules, lockdown of public schools, etc) • Do things together with their parents • Colleges strive to provide a safe environment catering to their needs (so they have no need to be resourceful) • Parents established FERPA and are now frustrated because they cannot gain access to their adult children’s records!

  6. MILLENNIALS areCONFIDENT • High level of trust • Very optimistic • Expect the ideal job • Grade inflation is an issue

  7. MILLENNIALS arePRESSURED • Stressed • Ambitious • Sleep Deprived • Pressure to excel in many areas • Grade Driven increase in cheating!

  8. MILLENIALS areMULTITASKERS • Constantly going and doing • Multitasking is a way of life • ZERO tolerance for delays

  9. MILLENIALS areCONVENTIONAL • Increase interest in religious activities • Beer binge drinking is decreasing • Less likely to have drug usage and premarital sex • 82% indicated no relational problems w/ their families

  10. Resources • Coates, Generational Learning Styles, (2007) • Lancaster & Stillman, When GenerationsCollide, (2007) • Strauss & Howe, Millennials Rising

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