Transcript GENERATIONS - The National Alliance of Concurrent

GENERATIONS
Matures
Born before 1945
Baby Boomer
Born between 1945 and 1964
Generation X
Born between 1965 and 1981
Millennials
Born between 1982-1999
Generation Differences
Confident
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BOOMERS
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Techno-Savvy
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Team-Oriented
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Street Smart
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MILLENNIALS
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Globally Conscious
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Diverse
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Optimistic
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Entrepreneurial
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MILLENNIALS: Who are they?
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75% have working mothers
Ethnically diverse: 34% are non-caucasian
33% born to single mothers
28% born to Boomers who waited to have
children
Structurally diverse: 47% have divorced
parents &/or blended family
MILLENNIAL Characteristics
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Parents support and protect them
Happiest and most confident generation
Desire to be around their family
Own lots of stuff
Media has closely followed this generation and
it caters to them
MILLENNIALS are Sheltered
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Huge amount of Child Protection Policies have been
created since 1982 (kid safety rules, lockdown of
public schools, etc)
Do things together with their parents
Colleges strive to provide a safe environment catering
to their needs (so they have no need to be resourceful)
Parents established FERPA and are now frustrated
because they cannot gain access to their adult
children’s records!
MILLENNIALS are
CONFIDENT
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High level of trust
Very optimistic
Expect the ideal job
Grade inflation is an issue
MILLENNIALS are
PRESSURED
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Stressed
Ambitious
Sleep Deprived
Pressure to excel in many areas
Grade Driven
increase in cheating!
MILLENIALS are
MULTITASKERS
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Constantly going and doing
Multitasking is a way of life
ZERO tolerance for delays
MILLENIALS are
CONVENTIONAL
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Increase interest in religious activities
Beer binge drinking is decreasing
Less likely to have drug usage and premarital
sex
82% indicated no relational problems w/ their
families
Resources
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Coates, Generational Learning Styles, (2007)
Lancaster & Stillman, When Generations
Collide, (2007)
Strauss & Howe, Millennials Rising