The New Career Option

Sitting in my hotel room recently, I happened upon an upcoming movie created by Adrian Grenier Star of the TV show Entourage.

I found it fascinating because the subject of the movie was a young home schooled kid who is the youngest Paparazzo in the world.

Now, typically I would not have been able to see this show because I do not have HBO cable.  Within seconds, I was hooked.   13 year old Austin Visschedyk Read More→

It always amazes me when speaking with a Baby Boomer business owner, that they eschew the social media tools and platforms as too time consuming.

They say “I don’t have time for that and don’t see the value in it.”

I say, “the train’s pulling out of the station, you can get on it, or be left behind.”

They sometimes find that annoying, but remain professional.  I can see it their faces and in their manner.  Perhaps the video below will demonstrate to them how fast the train is moving. Read More→

Helicopter Parents continue to micromanage their children while focusing on their own needs rather than the needs of their children. One parent moved into her daughter’s dorm and slept there for four days until the room-mate kicked her out.  Check out the video below to see what I mean.

While this has been going on for many years, it appears to be getting out of hand.  The net result is a workforce unable to make decisions or problem solve.   Read More→

Texting During Class

The Beloit mindset list for the class of 2014 was just released and it’s pretty interesting.

Response to the Beloit Mindset List was immediate and mostly negative. There’s a lot of push back on the items listed.

On NPR the response was instantaneous. The writer particularly takes exception to several items on the 75 item list especially #58, “Beethoven has always been a good name for a dog.” Read More→

Let’s take a look at how it works

As the economy slowly picks up, job seekers are using more creative means of finding a new position. Thinking outside the box can put you in front of the right people, the ones who have the authority to bring you on board.

Traditional methods no longer work

One must design a specific plan of attack and work it like no other. In one of my previous blog posts, I shared the strategy of one job seeker who created a video demonstrating the company’s product on himself. Read More→

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg share’s his views on how to be successful.

Facebook is on the brink of 500 million users and people are signing up every day. This is one site where multi-generations at a global level connect and communicate on a daily basis. Cross-generational sharing and learning is seamless.

“I love flashmobs or commercials that talk about concepts rather than products; both are a refreshing change to marketing and make me feel like I’m part of something by engaging me rather than inundating me.” – Mia, age 24

They are not like previous generations.  The communicate differently and view work through their own unique lens.

They are the Millennials in your workplace.

They want shared responsibility & flattened leadership
Previous generations respected the corporate hierarchy and wouldn’t dream of doing end runs around their personal manager.  Millennials think nothing of sending the CEO an email to share their ideas directly with the person in charge.

They don’t understand why this is an issue.  In fact, they will call senior staff by their first name on day one.

“That’s his name isn’t it?”

Managing Millennials
The 7 minute video below shows Millennials in action at work.

Generation Save
According to the Chicago Tribune, in a recent survey by Microsoft Inc., titled “Millennials in Financial Services” conducted by KRC Research in Washington, DC,   Read More→

Celebrity Apprentice is finally over and we have a winner.  The Donald promises that the next Apprentice show will again feature regular people instead of celebrities.  I think that’s a good thing.  Yes, I know it ended a week ago, but I wanted to let the idea for this post marinate before I wrote it.  I wanted to ensure I captured the communication styles.

One of the interesting things that caused me to watch the show this season is the mixed generation of the teams.   Unlike previous versions of the show, this season the communication demonstrated (for me) a vivid disconnect between the generations. Read More→