Posted by melanie | 02/08/12 | No Comments

More and more Millennials are checking in to media events and TV shows. They already have their smartphones, tablets, and laptops nearby, chatting with their friends on social media about what they’re watching; checking in was the next logical step. …

Posted by anastasia | 07/14/09 | 1 Comment
I can’t remember who once told me the word “fine” as in “I’m doing fine” is actually an acronym for F-d up, insecure, neurotic and emotional. The idea being that many people might say they’re “fine” when they’re really not. …
Posted by meredith | 06/18/09 | 1 Comment
The quarterlife crisis isn’t an invention of the recession. But the downturn and the growing ranks of unemployed twentysomethings has given the phenomenon a much higher profile as of late. As such, there’s been a lot of interest in how …
Posted by meredith | 05/04/09 | 2 Comments
For all the recent media coverage on how teens are scrimping and saving to get by these days, the folks over at Seventeen magazine decided to commission a survey on Teen Spending and the Recession to find out just how …
Posted by meredith | 04/27/09 | 1 Comment
You’ve probably heard by now that teens are not immune to the recession. Concerned about their families’ security and their own joblessness, many are spending less and more selectively. Ad Age reports on the recent Piper Jaffray survey:
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Posted by meredith | 03/30/09 | 2 Comments
A recent piece on Slate.com compiled a selection of emails from twentysomethings who responded to the question of how they were dealing with the economic downturn. The answers were well-crafted testimonials that not only articulated the situation from Gen Y’s …
Posted by meredith | 03/05/09 | 1 Comment
As you may have heard, job prospects for college seniors graduating this spring are looking grim. Just how grim? According to a recent article in Business Week the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), estimates that employers will hire …
Posted by meredith | 03/03/09 | 3 Comments
Today’s Ypulse Youth Advisory Board post is one part of a multimedia response to the YAB Question of the Week, a new feature we’ve been trying out on the Ypulse YouTube channel sponsored by Flip. This week I asked …
Posted by meredith | 02/19/09 | 2 Comments
Replace the word “salary” with “allowance” and the results of a recent survey conducted by AK Tweens on how girls ages 8 to 15 have been affected by the economic downturn starts to sound a lot like the reports coming …
Posted by casey | 02/17/09 | 3 Comments
The recession has become impossible to ignore, but as a college student, I naively assumed we were safe. After all, going to class is our job and we can’t be fired no matter how many days we miss. Then last …
Posted by meredith | 02/05/09 | 1 Comment
Today’s Ypulse Youth Advisory Board post is from Bernadette Anat, a student at the University of Southern California who has seen and felt the economic crisis affect college life firsthand. Remember, you can communicate directly with any member of the …