Baby Boomers, Gen Y and the Issues Usa Face in Regaining Industrial High Ground
“Baby boomers, Gen Y and the issues USA face in regaining industrial high ground”.
Hiring a fresh graduate is becoming a new trend in the corporate world. Even though this generation has a comparable (also called as Generation Y or Millennia’s) lack of work experience and other management skills, to the previous generation X and baby boomers. The beginning of the Generation Y into the workplace is bringing new changes that need to be addressed. They are looking for a sustainable environment offering a social structure within both a physical and virtual environment. Hence companies are trying to ascertain their attitude and work habits that need to be incorporated into this existing culture. The characteristic of these generations are also defined as, tech savvy, racially diverse, socially more interconnected and collaborative. Bringing fresh and innovative skills to the work place. They have got lots of enthusiasm within them, meaning they are ready to work a more flexible schedule and can also keep a better work/life balance. As baby boomers are readying for their retirement stage, they have carried lot of work experience with them but the problem is “How do they pass on their skills and knowledge to these future generations?” The problem with baby boomers is their unwilling attitude to change their ways, they will always argue stating “this is how I prefer doing my work, or this is how we’ve always done it”.
Why is this happening? Baby boomers are also called the post World War II generation, brought up in ever expanding industrial world, they have a passion for doing manual work, being raised in a patriotic environment i.e. love for their nation, regularly going to Sunday prayers whilst also helping their neighbour. Also that was the time, when the rate of immigrants flocking to the USA was much lower than today’s standards; also most of the immigrants were European. Hence people during that period didn’t interact much with other people. Compared to today,
Hiring a fresh graduate is becoming a new trend in the corporate world. Even though this generation has a comparable (also called as Generation Y or Millennia’s) lack of work experience and other management skills, to the previous generation X and baby boomers. The beginning of the Generation Y into the workplace is bringing new changes that need to be addressed. They are looking for a sustainable environment offering a social structure within both a physical and virtual environment. Hence companies are trying to ascertain their attitude and work habits that need to be incorporated into this existing culture. The characteristic of these generations are also defined as, tech savvy, racially diverse, socially more interconnected and collaborative. Bringing fresh and innovative skills to the work place. They have got lots of enthusiasm within them, meaning they are ready to work a more flexible schedule and can also keep a better work/life balance. As baby boomers are readying for their retirement stage, they have carried lot of work experience with them but the problem is “How do they pass on their skills and knowledge to these future generations?” The problem with baby boomers is their unwilling attitude to change their ways, they will always argue stating “this is how I prefer doing my work, or this is how we’ve always done it”.
Why is this happening? Baby boomers are also called the post World War II generation, brought up in ever expanding industrial world, they have a passion for doing manual work, being raised in a patriotic environment i.e. love for their nation, regularly going to Sunday prayers whilst also helping their neighbour. Also that was the time, when the rate of immigrants flocking to the USA was much lower than today’s standards; also most of the immigrants were European. Hence people during that period didn’t interact much with other people. Compared to today,