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Confidently Connects Students With Entry-Level Jobs

Posted by melanie | 01/12/12 | No Comments

With unemployment hovering between 14%-15% for 20-24 year olds during 2011, students graduating from college are finding a less-than-inviting job market. Traditional job searches aren’t helping — replying to a post on a major job search site lumps their resumes …

Millennials Want Work-Life Blending (Not Balance)

Posted by melanie | 01/10/12 | No Comments

Gen X workers introduced the mantra of work-life balance. They wanted their employers to give them flexibility in their job so they could still devote time to their families and personal wellbeing. Millennials have morphed that idea into work-life blending. …

Gen Y And The Pursuit Of Happiness

Posted by melanie | 12/20/11 | 3 Comments

Today’s post comes to us from Lindsay Pollak, a Gen Y career and workplace expert, keynote speaker, and author of Getting from College to Career: Your Essential Guide to Succeeding in the Real World. She explores how Millennials’ definition …

After University…The Universe: Modern Grads

Posted by melanie | 07/28/11 | No Comments

Today’s post comes from Youth Advisory Board member Camilla Nord, who has noticed a trend among her friends and classmates. After they graduate, they take on careers that are often, at best, loosely tied to their college studies. They make …

Gen Y Vs. The Job Market

Posted by melanie | 06/14/11 | 6 Comments

Today’s post comes from Youth Advisory Board member Amanda Aziz, a Gen Yer who is well aware of the workplace challenges facing her generation, from not wanting to be stuck in a cubicle to not wanting to be unemployed. Gen …

Class Of 2011: Will Work For Experience (Salary Optional)

Posted by melanie | 05/31/11 | 1 Comment

Graduation season is already winding down, and most members of the class of 2011 have been unleashed upon the working world. Sort of. With the job market down, many grads are planning to move back in with their parents to …

Reality Bites: Generation Y Job Searching

Posted by dylan | 08/19/10 | 2 Comments

Editor’s note: Casey just landed a new job in an extremely tight job market. She shares her insights into the job searching process from the perspective of a recent graduate looking to land her dream job in the city.

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‘Generation Me’ & The Microsope Effect

Posted by meredith | 08/05/10 | 1 Comment

Earlier this week in Essentials I shared the New York Times’ Health column on the recent backlash against research characterizing Gen Y as narcissistic. Based on new comparative data, some psychologists are now countering these claims by asking whether every …

When Teens Spin Social Media Prowess Into Jobs

Posted by casey | 07/20/10 | 4 Comments

At a time when young adults are aimlessly looking for someone, anyone, to hire them, it seems there’s finally an industry that needs today’s Millennials and is willing to potentially employ them in abundance. It isn’t something you can study …

The Future Of Marketing @ ANA Digital & Social Media Conference

Posted by meredith | 07/16/10 | 5 Comments

Ypulse President Dan Coates reports back from the first-ever ANA Digital and Social Media Event in New York.

The Future Of Marketing @ ANA Digital & Social Media Conference

The Association of National Advertisers held a sold-out Digital and Social …