I think this article gives a more accurate view of the needs/wants of Millenials:
http://hiring.fastcompany.com/columns/taugustine/20071015.html On Nov 16, 2007 6:27 AM, Billy Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This was my thought as well. I am old enough to have heard many sermons > about the 'me generation' when the target was baby boomers. The millennials > piece could very well have been lifted directly out of one of those 'How to > Manage Gen X' books; changing the Gen X terminology to 'millennial'. > > A company has to have a pretty high margin (or a lot of slave labor) to > coddle inexperienced employees without going broke in the process. > > Reeling this back to a business discussion, unless we are inclined to think > that the fundamentals of business (competition, profitability) have been > repealed, we will see millennials adapt to business culture or be faced with > a lot of extra time to climb Mount Everest. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matthew > Nish-Lapidus > Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 2:08 PM > To: Joseph Selbie > Cc: IxDA > Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] The Millenials are coming > > > Does every generation say that of the one older than them? And vice-versa? > > This doesn't seem like anything new to me.... > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- Adrian Chong www.adrianchong.com/blog ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
