Analysis Of The Millennial Generation

From the early 1980’s to the early 2000’s is the Millennial Generation. Just like how there is the Baby Boomers and Generation X; it’s the group of people born within those years and which are now in late High School and early adulthood. Many of these now adults are split into many different groups, depending on what they want to do in life. In the article “Amid the Stereotypes, Some Facts about Millennials”, the author Samantha Raphelson talks about how in today’s world the millennial group has over 11 million people, more than the Baby Boomers, which was thought to be the biggest group. She goes on to say how the group makes up about 28.7% of the people in the United States today. Raphelson made the realization that by the year 2020 about
The Pew Research Center released an article called “Most Millennials Resist the ‘Millennial’ Label.” Within the article they say “Despite the size and influence of the millennial generation, however, most of those in this age cohort do not identify with the term ‘Millennial.’ Just 40% of adults ages 18 to 34 consider themselves part of the ‘Millennial generation,’ while another 33% -- mostly older Millennials – consider themselves part of the next older cohort, Generation X.” (Pew) They go on to explain how that the oldest group, which is the silent group has the least chance of referring to themselves with a generation label, unlike the other groups of Americans. This divides the millennial group up again into the group that refers to themselves as Millennials and ones that
White states in his article “Millennials in Search of a Different Kind of Career” that “There have been many labels thrust upon the Millennial generation, especially when it comes to their work ethic. The group has been called lazy, entitled, and spoiled – but at the same time the generation has also been heralded for its collective innovation and desire to work for something other than money.” White goes on saying that older people said that their concern about their first job was to make all the money that they could. Today, the millennial generations are saying that they want to do something that they enjoy or to make a difference in