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Don’t Lose Your Green Bananas

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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A couple Friday’s ago I was told that my mom wouldn’t make it through the night.  She coded and quit breathing due to a severe asthma attack.  My husband and I rushed to the hospital making the 5 1/2 hour trip.  We sat on pins and needles waiting through the night. The next afternoon my [...]

January 23, 2012 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Age Discrimination — When Everyone is a Protected Class

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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As the average life expectancy of human beings increases, so does the average work expectancy of your workforce.  It’s no secret that the recession changed how we view our talent and development strategies.  People are working later into their lives.  Boomers and Traditionalists are working long after the average retirement age either in a new [...]

May 16, 2011 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

What I Wish I Knew…. about the real world in college

by rblake

Taking a look back when I first started college, I wish I had known what I knew today about the job search. I figured once I get out, I will have a degree and employers will be throwing themselves at me. Unfortunately, the recession happened, and the veterans in the job world were taking all [...]

October 28, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Was Online Education Made for GenY Students?

by rblake

Last week #genychat discussed the differences between for-profit and non-profit educational systems. Mission, purpose, and structure were all discussed as major differences between the two. There were also multiple insights about a stigma that seems to arise when one’s entire or even partial educational background comes from for-profit institutions. Why does this stigma exist? There has been [...]

October 13, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Social Etiquette 101

by rblake

I tweet. You tweet. We all tweet! The use of Social Media has exploded over the past decade and is on the verge of being apart of everyday life. Twitter & Facebook are by far the two most popular forms of social media when it comes to marketing yourself and/or your business. These two forms of [...]

September 7, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Using Viral Donations for Breast Cancer Awareness

by rblake

Ten years ago the popular way to get donations was to walk door-to-door selling cookie dough or other various products out of a catalog. Fast forward to the future, I am using social media such as Twitter, Facebook, and Blogging to get the word out. I haven’t seen this done before on such a short [...]

September 6, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

How Real Is Reality?

by rblake

A study developed by Oregon State University reports that on average, 45 percent of Americans watch reality television. Does this statistic shock you? The report also states that the majority of the 45% are adults, ages 18 to 29 years old, or a big portion of genY. The oldest reality television show dates back to the 1950s [...]

August 25, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Twitter Chats & Generation Y

by rblake

Twitter chats have changed the way people come together and talk about different topics. I remember back in the day when I would sign onto AOL and find a chat room that fit whatever I wanted to talk about. No longer do I have to go to a chatroom, because everything is available to me [...]

August 2, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Labeling & Living on the Generational Cusp

by Jessica Miller-Merrell
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The Generational Debate has been a popular topic lately.  As Boomers begin looking to retirement, working, recruiting, retaining, and understanding the current and future workforce is and should be an important focus for managers, human resource professionals, and companies, regardless of their size or volume. We know (or we should) that Millenials are the largest [...]

July 21, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Dear HR Pros, Be Transparent

by rblake

I graduated college on May 15, 2010 with a Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business. I knew before I graduated that it would be hard getting a job. My dad was laid off from his job and it took him six months to find another. He then had that job for six months and [...]

July 19, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Gen X meets Gen Y

by rblake

While reading over the comments from my post two weeks ago a lot of people had pointed out that although they aren’t Gen Y’ers they still adhere and follow the same stereotypes. That may very well be true because in this day and age we as humans are constantly evolving and learning to adapt to [...]

July 5, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

A Brief History of Generation Y

by rblake

Equipped with over 200 billion dollars in buyer power per year, Gen Y is the next generation that marketing professionals must focus on to sustain business. This birth of Gen Y creates a new form of marketing that no longer aims towards Baby Boomers or Gen Xers. Supercilious marketing gimmicks no longer engage us. We [...]

June 22, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Introducing Gen Y Blogger, Blake McCammon

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

I’m excited to announce that Blogging4Jobs & Xceptional HR has a new contributor and intern on our team.  His name is Blake McCammon.  I met Blake about a month ago via on a Twitter chat called #JobHuntChat that I host with my friend, Rich DeMatteo known as @Cornonthejob.  Blake had just relocated to Oklahoma City [...]

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June 14, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →