generation-y

Our Peter Pan generation is unhappy. All our lives, we want to grow up__o be treated like adults, to have freedom to choose. Then we get here and it turns out being an adult sucks. We pay the bills and taxes, watching others succeed while we are forever waiting for our turn. We believe we are special, but nothing special has come our way.

Hip Hop Generation __aptures the collective hopes and nightmares, ambitions and failures of those who would otherwise be described as __ost-this_ or __ost-that._

The young man pities his elders, fearing the day he, too, will join their ranks. The elderly man pities the younger generation, well-knowing the trials and tribulations that lie ahead of them.

The world is truly a terrible place. Every one of my generation is lost, filling the holes which are their lives with seditious and yet passionless acts of unnecessary drama. It is a world of hypocrisy and whispers, a dark mine shaft of overfed, spoiled, and thankless slaves too stupid to realize that, despite their steady stream of shallow luxuries, they are still slaves.

When presented with an open door in your job, drive a Mack truck through it.

The surest way to ensure career extinction is to resist change and adaptation.

Our career mantra should be learn, relearn, repeat.

What someone may lack in talent can be more than made up for in self-motivation, self-direction, and follow-through.

Can__ we do better with Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software?

I am suggesting that we don__ put the __ncome_ cart before the __ontentment_ horse.

Everyone is dispensable but some are more dispensable than others.

Adaptability is the name of the game; if you understand that you must now be adaptable and flexible, you will find a way to succeed in your career. If not, you will succumb to job market pressures.

Finding a job that is a good fit is as much about you selecting the right company as it is about them selecting the right candidate.

Do you want a level of income to fit your lifestyle or a lifestyle to fit your income level?

There remains a natural career progression even though the tougher job climate seeks to delay it.

Labor saving devices have destroyed many jobs but have given rise to many new ones. It simply is up to us if we are going to resist or embrace the future.

Whereas previous generations had to face some unpredictability, current generations are facing unprecedented levels of instability.

The construct of retirement is dubious at best and a farce at worst. Expectations contrary to this are to be dashed.