Great article, GL, but any regular reader of your blog wouldn't be surprised. Your stuff is always valuable.
I wonder though, how many members of Gen Y are actually searching for jobs as opposed to creating their own? And for those who are actually searching for W-2 employment, how many think of it the same way as my generation (Gen X) or yours (Baby Boomer)? My generation and even more so your generation looked upon an employment opportunity as a long-term career move, but it seems to me that Gen Y looks upon an employment opportunity more as a means to an end, a way to pay bills, a way to gain experience. If they're with the employer for years, great. If not, great.
Employers who complain about the lack of loyalty in today's college students and recent graduates should first look in the mirror and ask themselves whether they've ever laid someone off because of temporary economic conditions. If so, guilty as charged.
Steven Rothberg CollegeRecruiter.comof MN6:59PM February 19, 2010
When schools are more interested in 'fostering' self esteem and de-emphasize the personal accountability and responsibilty for ones actions, WE all are accountable and suffer. WE must stop 'participation' awards and get back to giving recognition for performance and effort, and yes sometimes luck. Its not always the best qualified who gets the job, prize etc., Its who's standing near the door of opportunity when it opens. Nicola Tesla was a genius, even compared to Thomas Edison, unfortunately he did not have the business skills and savvy of Edison.
J Songinof NY4:56PM February 17, 2010
That G.L. Hoffman PERSONALLY committed the alleged sins of over-coddling the kids of Gen Y? If not, what's with the "we" talk?
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