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Generation X is Stuck in the 1980s

By Nick Hodge | September 24, 2008

Gen­er­a­tion X, the gen­er­a­tion I am a part of, grew up in a world of immin­ent nuc­lear dis­aster and high unemployment.

The jobs we wanted were filled with the vast hordes of baby­boomers: still in the work­force, pro­tec­ted by strict employ­ment laws.

Gen­er­a­tion Y, the topic of many ‘social net­work­ing’ [eye­balls, and there­fore marketing-types] are enter­ing a world were jobs are more plen­ti­ful; and will con­tinue to choose their own jobs.

A down­side is a tax bur­den they will have keep­ing the older generation

There are many social impacts with these changes.

One con­cern us Gen­er­a­tion Xers have with online per­so­nas and pro­files is the impact of poten­tial neg­at­ive pic­tures and posts being used by poten­tial employ­ers. In the future, the power will lie in the hands of the employees.

Topics: generationx, generationy | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “Generation X is Stuck in the 1980s”

  1. tim Says:
    September 26th, 2008 at 11:08 am

    just wrote a sim­ilar — though much longer — art­icle about the y gen — http://www.spyjournal.biz/node/920

  2. JenX67 Says:
    September 26th, 2008 at 2:17 pm

    How will employ­ees gain the power? I hope you’re right…

  3. Nick Hodge Says:
    September 27th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    I think this present­a­tion sum­mar­izes a poten­tial future, JenX67 :-)

    http://blog.futurestreetconsulting.com/?p=76

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