Computer World<\/a> that should give us some insight about our future workforce. This article repeats many of the trends I have seen in other publications: 95% of graduates have solid basic technical skills, 50% are poor writers and 25% lack critical thinking skills.<\/p>\nThese new “Generation Y” employees place one job criteria much higher than their “Generation X” parents did.\u00a0 They want more free time.\u00a0 Typical parents of these young people worked more than 40 hours per week, especially if employed in a technical field.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Generation Y employees also consider the basic tools of any job to include a company smart phone and laptop.\u00a0 “Working” doesn’t mean sitting in a cubical.\u00a0 They want flexibility in work hours and location.<\/p>\n
The next twenty years are going to be interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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