No book I’ve seen yet can teach you how to keep going on a daily basis the way tweets from other bloggers can. A constant source of inspiration, watching people tweet about working in their various industries when it’s 2 in the morning makes you feel less alone in the world when you don’t know why you’re doing what you’re doing. [Read more...]
How to Optimize Your Time When Writing Blog Posts by Avoiding Self-defeating Behaviors
July 24, 2010 By 14 Comments
LinkedIn: Generation Y Just Isn’t That Into You
July 8, 2010 By 41 Comments
Forget Twitter. Generation Y isn’t into LinkedIn. More than any other social networking site in this list, the above graphic shows that young people ages 0-24 really aren’t into the business networking site, LinkedIn. Wait…read that again. Business networking site, LinkedIn. That’s probably why GenY and GenZ are not into the site. Unless they are making major initiatives into starting their career early, the next generation has no reason to use LinkedIn. Generation Y, however, should begin considering it. In this job market, especially, it is growing more apparent that finding a job will not be about what you know or who you know but who knows YOU. If you cannot be searched, then you are not relevant. If you’re not relevant, you’re not worth hiring.
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Confidence During Your GenY Job Search
July 7, 2010 By 5 Comments
I’m an avid user of social media. Having recently developed a community for Generation Y (#GenYChat) to come together to discuss a range of topics, I’ve been learning quite a bit about marketing and brand building. I’ve introduced three new Gen Y young people to Twitter in the past month by convincing them of the benefits of Twitter over Facebook; and, I’ve been blamed by one for making them addicted to it. From the engagement I’ve done on Twitter in just one year, I’ve written guest posts for GenYJourney, GenerationMeh, REmployable, Black n Bougie, and the Philly Voice. I’ve become an editor and contributor for Young Writer’s Block where I also created an E-Book of the site’s most popular posts to aid in marketing the contributing writers to a wider audience.
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Going to College: Worst Decision I Ever Made?
June 22, 2010 By 27 Comments
Every time something good happens I’m beaten back by phone calls from Sallie Mae wanting money – money that I don’t have. Why don’t I have this money? Because I went to college with the assumption that I would graduate and get a job that would pay well enough to pay back the loans I took out. This was quite possibly the worst decision I’ve made thus far in my life, as the only debt I have right now is caused by these student loans.
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Gen Y: How Do You Handle Promotions?
May 11, 2010 By 4 Comments
The situation: You have experience at a certain level of authority within a company. You are being offered a promotion by a different company that is in the same industry but has different products.
The question: If you’ve never worked with the products, how do you convince yourself, and, thus, the company offering the promotion, that you are worthy of the promotion?
Please discuss answers in the comments!
Guest Post: Hey, Gen Y, Are You Afraid To Network?
May 7, 2010 By 6 Comments
I’m a Gen Y job seeker. Unemployment data tells me I’m not the only one. A recent Pew study shows that 37% of 18-29 year olds are out of work! But the career and networking events I go to tell a different story.
Networking, networking, networking. We’ve all heard endless times how it’s the best way to get a job.
So I get out there. I go to mixers, seminars, and job search support groups. And no matter the venue, I notice one thing in common among all these events. With the exception of events targeted to young professionals, I’m often the youngest person in the room. [Read more...]
Getting There: Howard Jean Speaks Part II
May 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Getting There is a series featuring interviews from Generation Y young people who are breaking stereotypes and not only working hard to achieve their own definition of success but working to improve the lives of others around them.
Mr. Howard Jean, Director of the Call Me MISTER (CMM) Program, works to improve the lives of those around him by teaching self-empowerment and self-respect. [Read more...]
Getting There: Tavaghn "Montsterr" Monts Speaks Part II
April 17, 2010 By 3 Comments
Getting There is a series featuring interviews from Generation Y young people who are breaking stereotypes and not only working hard to achieve their own definition of success but working to improve the lives of others around them.
Among other professions Tavaghn “Montster” Monts is Vice President of My Life Keys where he works as a Motivator and Life Coach. He has built a strong network leveraging his ability to relate with his target audience through consistent, branded messages on Twitter. If you’re living under a rock, Twitter is a social networking tool that allows people to connect with one another in a vastly more efficient manner than Facebook. Showing his prowess, Tavaghn does more than share what he’s eating for breakfast, offering ways in which his followers can “Motivate Your Motivation” through the “#MYM” hashtag.
In the video below he answers the following questions:
What advice do you have for men who want to achieve success in their lives?
What advice do you have for women who want to do the same?
You’re also known for your relationship advice. Can you discuss the importance of defining your passions and setting career and life goals for yourself as it pertains to building a strong relationship?
You’ve built a large network on Twitter and use that network to share positive messages. How can young people (under 30) use Twitter to achieve their goals? Would you advise them against saying certain things?
Getting There: Tavaghn "Montsterr" Monts Speaks Part I
April 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Getting There is a series featuring interviews from Generation Y young people who are breaking stereotypes and not only working hard to achieve their own definition of success but working to improve the lives of others around them.
Among other professions Tavaghn “Montster” Monts is Vice President of My Life Keys where he works as a Motivator and Life Coach. [Read more...]
Talking About My Generation Y
April 16, 2010 By 3 Comments
Generation Y gets talked about quite frequently. We’re lazy, unmotivated, listless, unproductive, blah blah blah. Frankly, I’m none of these things. I know many more GenY’ers who don’t fit this stereotype, either. Hiring managers, why are you consistently hiring the same type of GenY young person if business claim to despise having them in their offices? Business people, are there no outliers anywhere in any of your offices? I find that hard to believe.
Generation X had a song by The Who that rallied them together against the negative stereotypes being put on them. Generation Y needs a similar rallying cry. Anyone want to create it? Anyone? Bueller??
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