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in the Workplace

Theresa Spangler TS Consulting & Training spangler@thebest.net. in the Workplace. The Veterans (1922-1945). value hard work value law and order respect authority considered the grandparents of the workforce TS Consulting & Training. The Baby Boomers (1946-1964). Television

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in the Workplace

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  1. Theresa Spangler TS Consulting & Training spangler@thebest.net in the Workplace

  2. The Veterans(1922-1945) • value hard work • value law and order • respect authority • considered the grandparents of the workforce TS Consulting & Training

  3. The Baby Boomers(1946-1964) • Television • The Civil Rights Movement • The Viet Nam War

  4. The Baby Boomers(1946-1964) • value personal gratification • possess strong work ethic/live to work/long hours • are idealistic • like hands-on involvement • like being the star/like meetings • like clear boundaries at work TS Consulting & Training

  5. Generation X(1965-1979) • Watergate • MTV • Fall of the Berlin Wall

  6. Generation X(1965-1979) • value diversity/global thinking • are self-reliant/self-sufficient • aloof/skeptical/risk-takers • equate structure with bureaucracy • do not like micro-management • view work as a part of life, not the raison d’etre of life. TS Consulting & Training

  7. Generation Y • 1 in 3 is not Caucasian • 1 in 4 lives in a single-parent household • 3 in 4 have working mothers • 1 in 9 has his own credit card in high school • Involved in family finance • Maturing sooner; growing up later TS Consulting & Training

  8. Generation Y • value making money • are civic-minded • value diversity • like teamwork • unfamiliar with workplace norms • born digital TS Consulting & Training

  9. Generation Y • Programmed by parents from birth • Most “cared for” generation • Helicopter parents • Parents fight their children’s battles • Consider themselves “special” • Rewarded for participation, not achievement • Heavily befriended but lightly parented TS Consulting & Training

  10. Generation Y • School Violence • TV Talk Shows • World Trade/Pentagon Terrorist Attack • Internet • O.J. Simpson Trial • Clinton-Lewinsky • Iraq TS Consulting & Training

  11. Employers say that Gen Y’ers • Believe that life is a series of headlines and highlights. • Expect to be instant heroes/to rise to the top quickly with minimal effort. • As “structured” kids, Gen Y’ers come to the workforce with their list of goals on the first day. • Think very highly of themselves. • In short, this generation’s kids have been culturally conditioned to believe that they are “perfect” and will take a lot of adjustment. • Require immediate and constant feedback. • Video games/technology give an instant score. TS Consulting & Training

  12. Employers love • energy • drive • skills Employers are taken aback by • short attention spans/inability to think long range • reluctance to perform tasks that they feel are beneath them/physical labor/dirty jobs • Refusal to pay their dues • lack of knowledge of acceptable workplace behavior/attire TS Consulting & Training

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