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Thursday, July 19, 2007

What Gen Y wants from work

Interesting article from Web Worker Daily:

As Generation Y or the Millennials leave their dorms behind and enter the real world, we are encountering a corporate world that is, for the most part, still stuck in its outdated ways. By the time my generation is given the reins, work will barely resemble today�s office environment. It�s not because we are special or better than any other generation. It�s because we are entering the work force at the time that the web is revolutionizing work. What does Gen Y want from work? The same things many web workers look for: the ability to work wherever they like, an identity that isn�t defined by a particular profession, and flexible ways of experimenting with entrepreneurship even while benefiting from traditional employment. (more...)

Posted at 12:06 pm by shirley