{"id":2441,"date":"2010-10-11T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T20:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/10\/bashing-millennials\/"},"modified":"2010-10-11T15:41:25","modified_gmt":"2010-10-11T20:41:25","slug":"bashing-millennials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/10\/bashing-millennials\/","title":{"rendered":"Bashing Millennials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/magazine\/149\/do-something-in-defense-of-millennials.html?partner=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Fast Company has an entertaining article<\/a> written by a CEO of a company that employs almost all Millennials.\u00a0 The article is well worth the read, but let me give you a taste of it:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Lazy. Entitled.<\/strong> Fickle. Freighted with their own inscrutable agendas. These are the kinds of things people say about cats &#8212; and millennials. For today&#8217;s managers, the generation born after 1980 is a favorite punching bag.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not hard to see why, given that they&#8217;re the generation of Lindsay Lohan, <em>Jersey Shore<\/em>, and flip-flops as appropriate office footwear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have been drawn in by these exact topics and I\u2019m an Xer.\u00a0 But further on in the article comes this dandy (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Millennials don&#8217;t have traditional boundaries or an old-fashioned sense of privacy. They live out loud, sharing details of their lives with thousands of other people. Of course there are the obvious risks to this &#8212; say, that unflattering, reputation-damaging photo that should have been deleted from Facebook &#8212; but while you shake your cane at them for indulging in TMI, I see their openness as a great opportunity. For instance, when our summer intern <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jimmyaungchen\">@jimmyaungchen<\/a> tweets and Facebooks about something he achieved at work, that&#8217;s free marketing for Do Something to the 1,500 people in his immediate network. <strong>I now ask job applicants how many Facebook friends and Twitter followers they have.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Excellent point.\u00a0 In fact, I just did some network checking of a sales candidate for one of our customers earlier today.\u00a0 I like that she asks the candidate directly.\u00a0 I prefer to check on my own and it is mainly LinkedIn that I peruse.\u00a0 Facebook is fine, but it is definitely closer to the social\/personal side in comparison to LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<p>An entertaining and informative article for sure.\u00a0 It is rare to find this combination so I strongly encourage you to read the entire thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast Company has an entertaining article written by a CEO of a company that employs almost all Millennials.\u00a0 The article is well worth the read, but let me give you a taste of it: Lazy. Entitled. Fickle. Freighted with their own inscrutable agendas. These are the kinds of things people say about cats &#8212; and millennials. For today&#8217;s managers, the generation born after 1980 is a favorite punching bag. It&#8217;s not hard to see why, given that they&#8217;re the generation of Lindsay Lohan, Jersey Shore, and flip-flops as appropriate office footwear. I have been drawn in by these exact topics and I\u2019m an Xer.\u00a0 But further on in the article&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/10\/bashing-millennials\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[29,2],"tags":[72,655,1651,646,1650],"class_list":["post-2441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-generations","category-hiring","tag-gen-y","tag-hiring-gen-y","tag-hiring-millennial","tag-millennial","tag-young-employee"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-Dn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":937,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/a-quick-lesson-on-millennials-gen-y\/","url_meta":{"origin":2441,"position":0},"title":"A Quick Lesson On Millennials (Gen Y)","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 19, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"ABCnews.com offers a comprehensive article explaining some traits of the Millennial generation - Meet the New Millennials. The lengthy article provides many different insights into this generation. Here are some anecdotal highlights: \"We recently had to tell a young woman employee that this was not an underwear optional workplace,\" he\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Team Management&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Team Management","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/team-management\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1837,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/01\/those-millennial-misfits\/","url_meta":{"origin":2441,"position":1},"title":"Those Millennial Misfits","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"The Herman Trend Alert touches on the ever-popular Gen Y\/Millennial trends and traits in their most recent email (sorry, no link).\u00a0 The perception of this generation still needs some improvement...drastic improvement (emphasis mine): Recently JobFox.com conducted a poll of recruiters with predictable results---Millennials were judged to be the least effective\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Generations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Generations","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/generations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":452,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/11\/civic-minded-millennials\/","url_meta":{"origin":2441,"position":2},"title":"Civic-Minded Millennials","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"November 21, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"The justsell.com guys reference an interesting study that came out last month regarding the Millennial generation (born between 1979 and 2001). I know, I doubt they received much input from the 5 year olds. Anyway, the study indicates some distinct trends amongst the generation just out of college. Moreover, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1561,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/05\/generations-101\/","url_meta":{"origin":2441,"position":3},"title":"Generations 101","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 9, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wall Street Journal provides an article that does a nice job of laying out the upcoming shortage of workers.\u00a0 The focus is upon the different generations and the general drive behind each.\u00a0 The article is rather rudimentary, but it provides a clean view of the problem. First: Americans of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Generations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Generations","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/generations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2599,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2015\/07\/does-job-jumping-matter-anymore\/","url_meta":{"origin":2441,"position":4},"title":"Does Job Jumping Matter Anymore?","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I would answer no.\u00a0 I have the opportunity to look at many resumes on any given day and there is a definite sea-change in the job jumping area.\u00a0 Millennials are far less loyal to their employers than any generation before them.\u00a0 In fact, I would say \u201cjob\u201d jumping isn\u2019t accurate,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Generations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Generations","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/generations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"W150701_GALL0_GOODTIME","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/W150701_GALL0_GOODTIME_thumb.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1579,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/05\/marketing-to-millennials\/","url_meta":{"origin":2441,"position":5},"title":"Marketing To Millennials","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Inc.com chronicles one Gen Y marketing campaign by BMW that I have not heard of.\u00a0 The opening sentence forewarned me: Generation Y\u2019s indifference to traditional forms of marketing and advertising has some big companies and their ad agencies scrambling for creative ways to reach and engage this demographic. 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