Posts Tagged: Fast Company
This week on FastCompany.com: Why Your Company Needs Millennials
Posted in Generation Y/Millennials on September 23, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Hope you’ll check out my post this week on FastCompany.com: “Why Your Company Needs Millennials: 5 Reasons to Love Gen Y”
It’s no secret that Generation Y workers (a.k.a. Millennials) don’t exactly have the best reputation in the workplace. Perhaps you’ve heard some of the following comments made about this generation, born in the 1980s and ‘90s:
“They don’t want to pay their dues.”
“They act so entitled.”
“All they want to do is play on Facebook.”
No stereotype is ever 100% true, and lots of people have good things to say about today’s young workers, but these negative perceptions are definitely out there.
Do Millennials have a lot to learn? Yeah, probably. Will Millennials outgrow their quirks? Maybe. But my belief is that companies that act now to take advantage of Gen Y’s strengths and help them overcome their weaknesses will have a major talent advantage today and into the future.
Here are five reasons you need Millennials at your company right now…
Announcing the “Next Generation Career Advice” blog on FastCompany.com!
Posted in Career Advice for Young Professionals Recommended Career Resources on September 14, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I’m excited to announce that I am now an expert blogger for FastCompany.com! Many thanks to my friend and fellow blogger Alice Korngold for helping to make this possible.
My FC blog is called “Next Generation Career Advice” and will focus on what it takes to build a successful career in the 21st century. Topics will include professional development, social networking, entrepreneurship, managing generational differences and much more. I’ll excerpt each post on the Lindsey Pollak Career Blog and will continue to post new content here as always.
Hope you enjoy this excerpt from my first FastCompany.com blog post, “5 Ways to Take More Control of Your Career”:
As the fates of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch have just reminded us, one of the most important realities of the 21st century work world is that we have to be the CEOs of our own careers. No longer can we rely on a company to have a plan for our development — or even to exist a week from now.
Scary? Kind of. But it’s also empowering. Here are 5 tips to start taking the reins on your career today, so you’re ready for whatever happens tomorrow…
Read the rest of this post at FastCompany.com. Thanks!
