gen Y

But how much longer is Gen Y going to be able to keep relying on their aging parents to make this possible?

When an overworked young Gen Y executive says she has no time for an intern, isn't something wrong with our system?

With near-ubiquitous broadband and a growing employee roster of Gen Y workers, being mobile will be the norm, not the exception.

A full 62% of Gen Y consumers reported visiting a brand or fan page on a social network, and 48% confirmed actually joining such a network.

So far Gen Y has been able to postpone that day by relying heavily on Mom and Dad.

Gen Y dads have taken it up a notch. They now spend more than four hours a day on childcare.

Even if Gen Y was significantly better at using social software, it wouldn't matter at this point.

Gen Y is drawing a line between personal and professional contexts and does not bear this trust outside personal relationships.

Involvement in clothing by certain consumer groups such as Gen Y has been a prominent consideration in the literature.

For Gen Y , the good boss is like a kungfu master who stays in the background, teaching through small hints .

Gen Y workers generally don't see a problem accessing personal web sites from work - like Facebook and blogs.

Professors are integrating technology tailored to the learning style preferences of Gen Y in other ways too.

Still, the end result proves that Gen Y switches back and forth between applications far more than the Boomers do.

Overall, Gen Y needs training in active listening, which helps their performance and career.

We recently ran down a list of reasons why Gen Y is different from the rest of us.

Only 28% percent of Boomers think blogging about work-related issues is acceptable , while forty percent of Gen Y workers do.

Getting feedback helps Gen Y learn how being overly critical affects other people.

Enviably at ease with digital technologies, members of Gen Y have little love for hierarchy.

They are puzzled by the amount of "emotion" Gen Y employees add to the workplace.

Gen Y will most likely do more banking online as they grow older.

In one meeting the CEO answered the change question simply: "Because Gen Y is the future of our company. "

The combination of high intelligence and overexcitability explains many of the difficulties managers have with their Gen Y staff.

Many supervisors of Gen Y don't understand why management should change instead of Gen Y adapting.

As Gen Y ages, this number will continue to increase, as does the percentage using the net for booking travel.

There are numerous accounts that users in Gen Y use social networking private messages before email.

In urban China, Gen Y is a group of exceptionally talented people.

What is surprising is that users age 73 and up use the internet just as frequently for doing health searches as does Gen Y.

And as boomers age, Gen Y isn't picking up the slack.

The key is to give Gen Y some influence.

In fact, 62% of Gen Y professionals access a social network from work, but only 14% of Boomers do.

In 2005, 50% of Gen Y booked travel online and today 65% do.

78% of 12-17 year-olds play games online, but only 50% of Gen Y does.

Brainstorming encourages Gen Y staff

The Findings: Boomers and Gen Y are Worlds Apart at Work