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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 →

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 →

Millenials, Technology, & Talent Warehousing

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

It’s no secret that I am a believer in mobile technologies.  As a Millennial/Gen X Cusper and also one of the co-founders of Texting4Jobs (the only text message based job notification platform in the U.S.), I have a vested interest in the use of mobile technologies and also recruiting. So it was a natural fit for me to attend Steven [...]

June 29, 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 →

A New Approach to Gen Y

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

Ah, the Generational Debate.  Personally, the topic makes my head spin.  I’m through with articles, blog posts, and webinars with the workplace generational fodder.  Boomers complain about Xers who complain about Gen Y.  All the while Gen Y is complaining about Boomers and vice versa with the Xers somewhere in between.   The cycle seems to [...]

April 14, 2010 CONTINUE READING THIS POST →

Announcing–Texting4Jobs

by Jessica Miller-Merrell

As someone who has worked in HR and Recruiting for 10 years, I can tell you how tough it is to find good candidates.  The old methods like newspapers, radio, and traditional job boards aren’t working.  Gen X and Millennials don’t traditionally read the paper or listen to the local radio station.  Job board posting [...]

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