Can We #FixYoungAmerica? – @GenYJen from @theYEC guest hosts #GenYChat on Unemployment

Questions

Q1. What is the greatest challenge for young people entering the workforce? #GenYChat
Q2. If you could give career advice to a college freshman, what would you say? #GenYChat
Q3. Name one or more person(s) on Twitter who work to inspire young careerists. #GenYChat
Q4. Is it naive to think that entrepreneurship is a solution to traditional employment options? Why or why not? #GenYChat
Q5. Programs that aid startups exist. What are reasons for not starting your own? What are excuses? #GenYChat
Q6. What can entrepreneurship classes do to solve the problem of youth unemployment? #GenYChat
Q7. What do you know now about career development that you wish higher ed classes taught? #GenYChat
Q8. What do established workers feel young people don’t understand about the workplace? #GenYChat
Q9. What problems do young people entering the workforce face that older generations don’t understand? #GenYChat
Q10. What can the government do to aid young professionals entering the workforce? #GenYChat

Guest Host

Jennifer Edwards, Community Manager for theYEC, will serve as guest host on a special #GenYChat dedicated to the cause of finding solutions to Youth Unemployment. The YEC has begun a campaign to #FixYoungAmerica.

• The only way to 100% job security is to create your own job
• Student loan forgiveness for entrepreneurs
• Multiple entrepreneurship hubs around the US
• Students need to graduate with skills
• Crowd-funding bill
• Offer entrepreneurship training to all (including at-risk youth)

How to Participate in #GenYChat on Twitter

If you haven’t participated in the chat before, but have insights to share, please do the following to participate:

If using Twitter.com:

1. Type “#genychat” into the search field
2. Click “All” on the search results page
3. Reply and ReTweet but add “#genychat” onto your tweets in order for everyone participating to see your tweets

If using TweetChat:

1. Sign in through OAuth. (note: Please read this information about using  OAuth to give third party applications access to your account)
2. Type “genychat” into the search field (The “#” is already provided)
3. Click Go
4. Reply and ReTweet. TweetChat puts the hashtag in for you so you don’t have to

If using TweetDeck:

1. Click the + symbol to add a column
2. Type “#genychat” into the search field. A column will appear as the last column in your TweetDeck
3. Using the left arrow button, move it next to your Mentions column to better see and respond to your replies while in the chat
4. Click the Settings button
5. Click on the Twitter tab
6. Click on Auto include hashtags when replying
7. Click Save settings
8. Reply and ReTweet. TweetDeck puts the hashtag in for you so you don’t have to. (Note: You still have to add “#genychat” onto your own tweets in order for everyone participating to see your tweets)

#GenYChat begins at 9pm ET! Get in early for introductions and mingling. See you there!

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