[quote=yamashi1][quote=Clifford][quote=moneymaker]I’ve noticed lately that Home Depot, Kohl’s, among others have a lot of young workers. Is it just me getting old or have others noticed the work force getting younger?[/quote]
That is because most millenials are having a hard time finding jobs with their degrees. So, they ended up taking retail jobs.[/quote]
Yes I agree, there are a glut of educated millenials who are unable to find jobs, or are stuck in middle manager positions with limited opportunities to move up. Unfortunately, with the last downturn, many boomers are unable to retire on their savings and are now working many more years than expected. This has led to the older millenials being stuck in entry to middle management jobs and the newer graduates not even being able to get anything other than retail/insurance/realtor jobs. The few that have been able to find something have done so through networking, being smarter than 95% of the rest of the population, or by starting their own businesses. It is a tough time right now to be entering the workplace.[/quote]yamashi, we boomers would have considered a “mid-mgmt” job a career and would have been happy to have it and retire as a “mid-mgr.” I don’t see why millenials think they are “stuck.” Those who obtained the “upper mgmt” rank were “hand picked” by someone they knew in another life. That’s been my experience. I guess many millenials must think they “deserve” the highest positions while they are still in their 30’s, lol. Upper mgmt positions are mostly occupied by individuals who are 50+ years old (Gen X and boomers). Millenials have way too lofty of “expectations” if they think they “deserve” these positions just a few years (or a decade) out of the gate, IMO. They have not yet had sufficient time in the workplace to “pay their dues.”
Yes, my kids are among those “few” that you mention above. They have been master networkers and “self-promotion specialists” since they were about 10 years old. It doesn’t hurt that they also know how to properly groom themselves and can walk it and talk it. It seems to have been a bit of a stretch for many millenials to be able to acquire the above traits but they are essential to success in business.
