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- 10 technological changes in 10 technological years
- I found myself strangely nostalgic today after looking back at my own childhood, from a Generation Y perspective, and realised how much things have changed in a mere decade. by Zack Whittaker
- Tags: Generation Y, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-11-09
- Any value in Google's Social Search for students?
- Value?? May be we should see history of Twitter.On Monday, Google launched Social Search. Before finding about the success of the product, analysis have started in making the product a hit or flop.If we are blaming the social search to be useless to the students, then we should not forget...
- Tags: Generation Y people, social search, Twitter Inc., Facebook, Google Inc., Generation Y, Google Social Search
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Gen X/GenY/Enterprise 2.0: are the naysayers right?
- Boy , the silence is deafening on this one.Then I'll start. This study just confirms what many of us have suspected. You don't need to understand technology to use social technologies; just using them doesn't mean you're using them effectively; and just because you use them doesn't mean...
- Tags: Generation Y, Generation X
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Gen X/GenY/Enterprise 2.0: are the naysayers right?
- It seems that analyst firm Forrester has woken up to the fact that Gen Y are not the big movers and shakers that we've been told the last couple of years. According to Read Write Web Enterprise: A favorite argument among those who talk about...
- Tags: Generation X, Generation Y, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- Generation Y and conscientious consumerism
- Not having money and careful shoppingThis is not so much a GEN Y thing as a modern consumer thing. We all had items we coveted in our younger days that we thought would make our lives complete. As a GEN X'er, and having run straight through a BA,...
- Tags: Generation Y
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
- Generation Y and conscientious consumerism
- The Generation Y are often dealing with the "want" to buy something, rather than the "need" to buy something; technologically speaking. Is modern sociology behind the iGeneration consumerism? Guest post by Zack Whittaker
- Tags: Generation Y, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-09-11
- Communications 101: How a single word cost me $100
- Are my generation getting lazier or are they simply getting to the point quicker? I believe an expansion of "the Twitter revolution" needs to take place because the Generation Y communicate in a far different way from the vast majority of old timers in today's workplace. by Zack Whittaker
- Tags: Generation Y, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- Generation Y: Technology wasters, spendthrifts and abusers
- Excuse me, but I've seen many ADULTS do things like thisSo it's not really a comment on any generation, but just a class of people..... a big class of people at that, who are 'hard' on technology.This is the main reason why things have to be made to a higher...
- Tags: Generation Y
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
- Generation Y: Technology wasters, spendthrifts and abusers
- The Generation Y waste technology. They abuse the technology they purchase by not looking after it, and then they consider everything as disposable and are utter spendthrifts. Gratuitous rant by Zack Whittaker
- Tags: Generation Y, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-08-26
- Generation Y: 'Email is unfashionable and outdated'
- when they go to work ...They will more than likely have to use email. It would be interesting to see how the Gen Y kids that have made it to the work place are coping. They Won't Have Jobs For LongHave you seen some of the crap these kids post...
- Tags: e-mail, EMAIL IS, Generation Y, Internet, Twitter Inc., social networking
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- Generation Y: 'Email is unfashionable and outdated'
- Steve Clayton, Microsoft extraordinaire and geek in disguise, posted an interesting set of statistics over the weekend, via Socialnomics, on the social media revolution - the movement where media and information spreads far and wide through social techniques; Twitter and Facebook being the two best examples. Students,...
- Tags: Facebook, Generation Y, Student, YouTube Inc., E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- How do Generation Y really use their phones?
- CostCost is my only issue with this stuff. Being an IT pro I certainly not afraid of new tech. I simply ask myself if I what to have a 200 dollar phone bill or not and the question sort of answers itself.What happened to 35 to 54?Do they not use...
- Tags: phone, Generation Y
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
- How do Generation Y really use their phones?
- A recent survey shows young adults do more with their mobile phones than those aged 55 and older. While this wasn't sent from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious, but this gratuitous rant on corporate "research" was written by Zack Whittaker
- Tags: Phone, Generation Y, Telecom & Utilities, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Intel CIO: Social networking a 'nascent effort for us'
- Intel CIO John Johnson is busy consolidating data centers (125 or so to 75), upgrading ERP systems and refreshing PCs. But collaboration may present the most interesting ground for Intel's IT group. In an interview with sister site Silicon.com, Johnson right had the following to say about...
- Tags: Collaboration, Network, Generation Y, Intel Corp., Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-28
- Five ways Gen Y will change the way you work
- Five ways Gen Y will change the way you work ???Sounds very much like the author is saying GenY folks want to play instead of work. Ethics missplaced it seems.It sounds like a way to chew up employees and spit them out. Hardly a way to create...
- Tags: Five-ways Gen-Y, Generation Y
- Discussion threads 2009-03-27
- Tech that Gen Y will sweep away
- Tech that Gen Y will sweep awayYou are half rightI'm Gen Y, and I agree. Most of us are lazy and think we know a LOT more than we really do. But it's because we were corrupted by the baby boomers into a huge sense of entitlement...
- Tags: Generation Y
- Discussion threads 2009-03-27
- Attracting Generation Y Employees
- Who, what, how and why? Who is the new generation that is penetrating the job market like no other since the baby boomers? What is it that they are looking for, what are they attracted to? How does one even go about finding, sourcing, or employing them? And why are...
- Tags: Generation Y, PeopleAnswers
- White papers 2008-09-16
- 90% of Americans 18-28-year-old own a PC
- According to the Forrester Research, although Gen Y is a small generation of 18- to 28-year-olds, comprising only 38 mln US adults, it sets the pace for technology adoption. 90% of Gen Yers own a PC, and 82% own a mobile phone. But it is technology use that sets this...
- Tags: Generation X, Mobile, PC, Generation Y, AM
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Millennials: Will they really reinvent IT?
- I'm having a bit of a Millennials moment. I'm sick of the coverage about Millennials, also known as Generation Y. Here's the story line: Generation Y will change the world as the first digital natives. They will change business practices and IT as we know it. You must adapt to...
- Tags: Generation X, Generation Y, Information Technology, Worker, Millennials, Jason Hiner, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Rapidly Growing Technology Company Uses Employee Performance and Talent Management Solution to Demonstrate Investment in Gen Y
- PointRoll, a subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), enables advertisers, agencies and publishers to create engaging advertising that connects with consumers by creating an interactive online environment that generates conversion. They wanted to implement an employee performance and talent management program that would match the progressive and technology savvy...
- Tags: Talent, Performance, Generation Y, Investment, Talent Management, Halogen Software Inc., Workforce Management, Performance Management, Human Resources
- Case studies 2008-01-01
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