iGen / Gen Z

[Neonmoon 38130]

The iGeneration or Generation Z, Born from 1995 - 2012 

So our company is recruiting this generation now. They are just out of college. I just saw this sentence in a recruitment strategy letter and eye rolled so hard I started time travelling. 

I will rewrite the sentence in case of some copyright shit I don't know about. 

"We need to engage people's feelings and communicate with stories - and maybe don't rely on rigid data points or factual information as in previous recruitment periods"

I can't even. 

/old man yells at clouds. 

[Parliament 14276]

I grew up as a slacker who wore flannel and listened to Alice in Chains.  Our women did the same.  

This too shall pass.

[Neonmoon 38130]

I wish I shared your optimism

[Kennythetiger 9416]

Every generation bitches about the generations below, and how the world is destined to end because the young folks don't think like the old folks.  We'll all be fine.  All you can do is this:

You fathers and you mothers 
Be good to one another
Please try to raise your children right

 

[Parliament 14276]

Set a good example

Offer advice when it is solicited

[elfenix 34331]

why did they cut 6 years off of millenials?

[GopherRock 1765]

When was the cutoff?

 

This break between generations is simple: if you have no memories of 9/11, you're too young to be a millennial. 

[Neonmoon 38130]

I got my info from https://www.careerplanner.com/Career-Articles/Generations.cfm

Defintely not accurate. Just a guestimation. 

Generation Name	Births Start	Births End	Youngest Age Today*	Oldest Age Today*
The Lost Generation - The Generation of 1914	1890	1915	103	128
The Interbellum Generation	1901	1913	105	117
The Greatest Generation	1910	1924	94	108
The Silent Generation	1925	1945	73	93
Baby Boomer Generation	1946	1964	54	72
Generation X (Baby Bust)	1965	1979	39	53
Xennials -	1975	1985	33	43
Generation Y -  The Millennials -  Gen Next	1980	1994	24	38
iGen / Gen Z	1995	2012	6	23
Gen Alpha	2013	2025	1	5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/03/here-is-when-each-generation-begins-and-ends-according-to-facts/359589/

But this link shows that the dates overlap. 

[Texas_Rocks 346]

The iGeneration or Generation Z, Born from 1995 - 2012 
So our company is recruiting this generation now. They are just out of college. I just saw this sentence in a recruitment strategy letter and eye rolled so hard I started time travelling. 
I will rewrite the sentence in case of some copyright shit I don't know about. 
"We need to engage people's feelings and communicate with stories - and maybe don't rely on rigid data points or factual information as in previous recruitment periods"
I can't even. 
/old man yells at clouds. 

Bring on the new and improved Soylent Green. This generation may make it happen. ;-)

[clapclapclap 9000]

20 hours ago, GopherRock said:

When was the cutoff?

 

This break between generations is simple: if you have no memories of 9/11, you're too young to be a millennial. 

Gen Tide Pod.

[Grippe 313]

As a Gen-X'er I always referred to that era as Generation PerpleXed.

No /CR here but one thing I've noticed is that every generation up to and including Baby Boomers tended to become more conservative as they aged and ascended into power (government office, bureaucracy, etc.) - my observations of Gen X, however, seem to be less migration towards conservationism.

It would be an interesting study to measure the political/social views of each generation and how they changed/migrated over time.

[Aqua Buddha 14599]

1 hour ago, Grippe said:

As a Gen-X'er I always referred to that era as Generation PerpleXed.

No /CR here but one thing I've noticed is that every generation up to and including Baby Boomers tended to become more conservative as they aged and ascended into power (government office, bureaucracy, etc.) - my observations of Gen X, however, seem to be less migration towards conservationism.

It would be an interesting study to measure the political/social views of each generation and how they changed/migrated over time.

Get X'ers have were always cynical from the beginning and that's migrated itself towards political pragmatism that's neither liberal nor conservative, it's just pragmatic.  You see that in consumer shopping habits with them as well.

 

[Aqua Buddha 14599]

On 5/9/2018 at 8:19 AM, Neonmoon said:

The iGeneration or Generation Z, Born from 1995 - 2012 

So our company is recruiting this generation now. They are just out of college. I just saw this sentence in a recruitment strategy letter and eye rolled so hard I started time travelling. 

I will rewrite the sentence in case of some copyright shit I don't know about. 

"We need to engage people's feelings and communicate with stories - and maybe don't rely on rigid data points or factual information as in previous recruitment periods"

I can't even. 

/old man yells at clouds. 

Why is this bad?  Most companies fall in love with data but have no idea what they're wanting to do with it.  Meanwhile, people like stories and the Gen Z crowd is no different.  If you can't build a story from the data then the date is useless.

[Neonmoon 38130]

6 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Why is this bad?  Most companies fall in love with data but have no idea what they're wanting to do with it.  Meanwhile, people like stories and the Gen Z crowd is no different.  If you can't build a story from the data then the date is useless.

I am not oblivious to you’re sentiment. I agree that companies need to do a better job connecting to everyday people. I’m just reading the tea leaves here. The narrative is shifting from executing a good job to making sure everyone feels like we did a good job. The product could be shit but as long as everyone believes in themselves, it’s all great. 

[SDG 3319]

4 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

I am not oblivious to you’re sentiment. I agree that companies need to do a better job connecting to everyday people. I’m just reading the tea leaves here. The narrative is shifting from executing a good job to making sure everyone feels like we did a good job. The product could be shit but as long as everyone believes in themselves, it’s all great. 

That’s been Apple’s philosophy for at least the last two iPhones and they’re one of the largest companies in the world...

[Aqua Buddha 14599]

I'd like to add some more about this age group.  (They're the next "millennials" that everyone will be focusing on in 5 years.  They're just as large the millennials.)

If it makes sense at all, they're both extremely shelter but very practical.  You won't see them borrowing $100K to major in lesbian studies.  Even now, expensive liberal arts schools in small towns are having major problems.  Don't discount the importance of who their parents are, either.  While the boomers sucked the asses of their kids (millennials), the Gen Xers parented the Gen Z crowd and imparted some of their cynicism.  These kids are very smart and internet savvy.  You seen those Parkland kids?  They're also a tad bit cynical like their parents.  For their entire lives, we've been at war and been cutting school funding.

However, they're sheltered.  They've spent years taking tests without much critical thought and when they get to college and are exposed to something foreign, they freak.  My personal theory is that their Gen X parents know the struggle it is to make it to the upper middle class and stay so they brow beat their kids into making good grades without leaving room for anything else.  Also, being that America is very economical segregated at this point, these kids don't know anyone not like them which makes them sheltered.  

No generation is better or worse than any other.  (Except for the Boomers.  Fuck them.)  The rest are just different.

[YChang 3455]

That’s been Apple’s philosophy for at least the last two iPhones and they’re one of the largest companies in the world...

Lol, can you tell my senior leadership that’s what’s been happening?

[Mole 4333]

Keep in mind that this memo is based on what some olds think the kids want, which isn't necessarily reality.

[Neonmoon 38130]

10 minutes ago, Mole said:

Keep in mind that this memo is based on what some olds think the kids want, which isn't necessarily reality.

This is a very good point I overlooked. It ties in with my general belief that HR makes up new programs and initiatives every year to justify their jobs