Generation Mii

Question: Who are the Millennials?

Answer: Born between 1980 and 2000, this generation is as large or larger than the Baby Boomers generation.

From 2007's Connecting to the Net.Generation: What higher education professionals need to know about today’s college students (by Reynol Junco and Jeanna Mastrodicasa). In a survey of 7,705 college students:

• 97% own a computer
  
• 94% own a cell phone
  
• 56% own an MP3 player
  
• 76% use instant messaging (IM)
  
• 15% of IM users are logged on 24 hours a day/7 days a week
  
• 34% use websites as their primary source of news
  
• 28% own a blog, and 44% read blogs
  
• 49% download music using peer-to-peer file sharing
  
• 69% of students have a Facebook account

From Sixty Minutest: (link)

The Millennials Are Coming
Morley Safer reports on the new generation of "millennials." They are in their late teens to early twenties and could be ill prepared for a demanding workplace.

Some of the Culprits:

• Mr. Rogers - "You're special"


• Sport leagues for children where score is not kept, but EVERYONE gets a trophy

Factoids:

• More than half of college seniors move back in with parents after graduation


• Millennials schedule work around yoga classes


• Career service departments report that it's not uncommon to have parents of millennials come in to update their children's resumes


• Millennials think it's okay to change jobs four and five times in one year

Advise to Employers:

• Speak like a therapist


• Dont be harsh


• Don't tell them that you're disappointed with them


• Sent their PARENTS an "atta-boy" letter when millenials do well

Advice to Millennials:

• Cover up your tattos when dealing with public