People born after 1978 have been labeled “Generation Y.” They’ve also been labeled as lazy and non-committal with a sense of entitlement regarding salary and career expectations. In politics, they have been described as apathetic. How true are these labels? Some studies have found younger people to be more environmentally and socially conscious, less materialistic, and less cynical than the Baby Boomers before them. And some studies have found just the opposite to be true. Karen Foster, a sociologist and a Banting post-doctoral fellow at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, claims that Generation X and Generation Y individuals are looking for work that is meaningful and fulfilling. They aren’t after just a paycheck.Read the entire article here: What’s Good about Generation Y?
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