VIDEO: The future of careers, personal branding and workplace trends that are shaping our futures

Dan Schawbel speaks to the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs about the future of careers, personal branding and workplace trends that are shaping our futures. Continue Reading

When, Why and How to Use Mobile Technology in Your Recruitment Efforts

Virtually every member of Gen Y — today’s college students and recent graduates — and about 90 percent of Gen X’ers and Baby Boomers care enough about only one electronic device to carry it with them virtually everywhere they go: their cell phones.

Most young adults see their cell phones as important to carry with them as their wallet and keys and the significance of their cell phones has only grown as most of those young adults have graduated from feature to smartphones like iPhones, Androids, and Blackberrys. Indeed, some studies are now projecting that in 2013 the large majority of college students and recent graduates will own smartphones.  Continue Reading

Lessons For Gen Y From The Senior Workforce

When it comes to success in the workplace, it seems that young people could learn a thing or two from mature workers.  The following post has some lessons which can benefit the young workforce.

Gen Y job seekers have recently received a large amount of flack from the older generations, being labeled as the generation that has postponed growing up, living at home, and even lacking driver’s licenses. Studies even show that younger Americans have seen a 68 percent drop in their net worth, while

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Lessons For Gen Y From The Senior Workforce

Six Ways to Sell Gen Y With Your Job Description

It’s no secret that most job descriptions are awful. They make the hiring company sound boring and the work tedious.

This could be a real problem for employers when they try to hire Generation Y Millennials. While some managers and recruiters are fed up with the stereotypically whiny and self-entitled “Trophy Kids”, Generation Y is predicted to comprise nearly 75% of the world’s workforce by 2025, according to a study by the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation. Companies will eventually be fighting for the best of them, so start using the job description to court talented millennials.

Here are six ways employers should tweak job descriptions to attract Gen Y: Continue Reading

Are Young Workers the “Go Nowhere” Generation?

Gen Y Believes Training and Development is Most Important Employee Benefit

In case you didn’t know this as a current employer, the younger generation wants more than money.  They value the opportunity to learn and grow as employees.

A recent PricewaterhouseCoopers’ survey of over 1,200 CEO’s, and a separate article, revealed two very important pieces of information you should be aware of: Continue Reading

Work Beyond the 9 to 5 to Pursue your Dream Career

For many of you who’ve taken entry-level jobs after college, you may feel as though it’s nowhere near your dream career. While our first jobs may be more enjoyable than others, in this tough economy, we usually take what we can get. At the same time, though, there’s much to be said for gunning for your dream career, even when you’ve just starting out in the working world. And the best way to accomplish just that is by making use of your time outside of working hours to continue developing skills needed for that eventual career of your dreams. Here are a few tips: Continue Reading

State of Gen Y: Careers and Social Networks

A new study by Millennial Branding, of over 50 million Facebook data points from Identified.com, uncovers that Gen-Y (ages 18 to 29) is inadvertently using their profiles as an extension of their professional personality, even though they are socializing with family and friends. 64% of Gen-Y fails to list their employer on their profiles, yet they add an average of 16 co-workers each to their ‘friend’ group. Other major findings in this study include: Continue Reading

The Problem With Gen Y is Us

Mark Liston, the director of recruiting and new franchise development for Valpak, just posted a great blog entry to CollegeRecruiter.com.
Mark argues that the problems that Boomers like him and Gen X’ers like me (had to get that jab in — sorry Mark) have with recruiting and managing Gen Y are due to our behaviors, not theirs. Mark lives and breaths these issues day after day for our valued client. If you want to benefit from the insight of someone who is in the trenches, read his entry.

GEN Y ANTHEM: Entrepreneurial Spirits In Entry Level Positions

As small businesses sprout all over the world, this generation has more to offer than ever before.
I read through a few articles from other entry level job seekers here at College Recruiter. I wanted to write an article …well, an anthem for all of us who are curious about our futures. Feel free to add to this if you are experiencing or wanting these kinds of returns in your career or entry level job.

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