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I’ll be giving a little talk entitled:

iPods, IM, IRL: GenX, GenY and your Career (IMHO)

The point of my talk is that the media develops nice little shorthands for each generation, and that these little generalizations often do more harm than good. For example, in 1990, Time magazine pretty much lambasted GenX as cynical slackers who would rather have McJobs than do real work. We apparently loved living with mom & dad, and oh by the way, shame on you for not changing the world before you turned 23.

Not surprising at all, since the people writing this horsesh*t were boomers, who apparently did think they changed the world by having love-ins and Woodstock and whatever else. (See how I over-generalized there…take that!)

At the same time, you have the media now singing Generation Y’s praises. They are eager, young, energetic, positive, etc. But there’s a dark underside–helicopter parents, a feeling of entitlement, lack of savoir faire. But again, these people are young, so you can expect them to be more interested in work/life balance then whatever we think is interesting. Blah blah blah.

The point of my presentation is to tell these young college kids to rise above the press coverage and work hard. I’ll tell them 5 things that will drastically reduce their chances of getting a job, and 5 things that can get them fired.

I don’t have final directions for where the talk will be held, but if you’re interested, call us at 512.420.8870.

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