What are Millennials? (Generation Y) 2019 Update
Whenever I travel around the world, helping companies with generations the Millennial generation always come up. More specifically, What is it? What does it mean? And how will knowing more about it benefit me? I tell them Millennials or Generation Y, are the behavior patterns associated with people born in specific time frame […]
Millennial Burnout Is Not Real – Here’s Why
Recently, the concept of Millennials experiencing burnout has gone mainstream from a Buzzfeed article. In the article, Anne Helen Petersen does an amazing job painting the struggle Millennials (born 1980-1996) experience in their steady careers. While I agree with her on many points, I don’t believe this is Millennial burnout, but its Society Burnout What […]
Worried about your credit score? Turns out Millennials have lower credit scores than previous generations and it should be that way
In a recent article by LendingTree, the researchers compared generations and their credit scores finding that Millennials have the lower credit score of all the previous generations. While this may sound like Millennials are accumulated more debt, superficial, or just don’t know how to build strong credit, there is something else at play here. […]
Top 5 Almost-Darwin Selfies
I couldn’t believe it when I read the news this week to find out a Millennial, tried to take a selfie at a zoo and… was attacked by a jaguar. Sometimes we live in a virtual reality world to such a degree that its hard to tell when is a good idea from a darwinian […]
How to build a dream mentor relationship through cold email. Here’s what I did
You want one, I want one, and even my neighbor wants one. Who wouldn’t want a mentor that could guide them along the bumpy trail of life? Earlier in my career I began to prioritize finding inspirational mentors which meant trying all different obscure ways to start mentoring relationships. After a whole lot of […]
Millennials killed Toy R Us, AppleBee’s and Hotels. Now they are coming for the NBA
When I first heard people complaining about Millennials killing industries, I thought it was older generations complaining about the direction change in the market and it was nothing to worry about. However, after some research looking through much innovation, many industries that were older generation nostalgia are disappearing faster than ever before. Technology is to […]
Biggest Mistake Manager’s Make During 1v1s with Millennials
Sweaty palms and restless nerves. That would probably be a better name for one on one meetings. Quite often, these meetings are known to create anxiety and be a rebuking ground for a lot of managerial-direct report relationships. However, all across the management field, managers are told that one on ones should be used to […]
Australian GM faces international criticism by saying Millennials won’t work for free- A Millennial’s Take
This past week, an interview with a general manager at a Muffin franchisee in Australia has gone viral. Why? It does a perfect job of pitting different generations against one creating the perfect storm and media frenze. To kick off the interview, the writer opens with “Entitled Millennials have been given an ‘inflated’ […]
5 Steps to Effective Negotiation
“I am sorry, we can’t match that.” Probably the toughest words you can hear when you first start out in negotiation. Whether it’s a job offer, and off the rack t-shirt price or a car, knowing how to properly negotiate can significantly help you and the other party involved. In this article, I have taken […]
It’s Not Millennials That Don’t Like Blue Collar Jobs, It’s The Economy
All around the country, different industries, especially blue-collar and some grey are facing a crisis, there are not enough people filling jobs. Initially, a lot of companies put the blame on Millennials saying that they don’t want to get their hands dirty or put in hard work. In Inc, Ryan Jenkins states “Entitlement is […]