21st Century Workforce, STEM Careers

Generation Secession

TIMELINE

Silent

Generation

1928-1945

Baby Boommers

1946-1965

Xennials

7-24 old

54-73 old

43-53 old

25-42 old

74-91 old

Not a demographic, they're a generation!

"Millennials" ages 18-34

https://www.visioncritical.com/blog/generation-z-infographics

Quick Generation Comparisons

Relevant Professional Qualifications

Skills

Educational Level

Work Moto

https://www.visioncritical.com/blog/generation-z-infographics

Key Characteristics of Generations X, Y, Z

Take the summer and really drive deep into yourself, your generation, and the workforce that's ahead of you.

Think about your strengths and weaknesses - as skills and problems to solve through. Clarity of the self is powerful.

The worforce is changing exponentially. Success comes from adapting and finding an applied career path that moves with these changes.

https://www.visioncritical.com/blog/generation-z-infographics

You're Joining a Workforce that's Simultaneously Developing Products/services Targeting Your Generation

https://www.visioncritical.com/blog/generation-z-infographics

Jobs of the Future, No Longer Stable-Linear Careers

• Fragmented, Specialized, & Complex
• Micro-careers
• Series of gigs/short-term projects
• Constant hussle
• Entreprenuerism

If a job can be automated away, it will! Think of jobs robots can't do well yet - labor you can't buy from a million people.

Career Advice

• Build a network of supporters who advocate for you.
• Get to know different people - those working in different areas of the company & in more senior roles.
• Feedback won't come as often as you like. If you want to know how you're performing consider setting quarterly meetings with your manager.

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/make-room-generation-z-workplace/

Gen Z Stats

"Generation Z is entering the workforce with less job experience than previous generations. Only 19% of 15- to 17-year-olds in 2018 reported working during the previous calendar year, compared with 30% of millennials in the same age group in 2002. In 1968, nearly half of baby boomers, 48%, reported working in the previous year when they were between 15 and 17 years old."

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/make-room-generation-z-workplace/

Entry-level Job Terminology is Changing

In many cases senior management hasn’t begun processing the shift in what an entry-level job entails.

Change is challenging, rapid change is fought, change means re-learning and breaking old habits, and today’s technology impacted changes mean accepting a continuous lifelong learning mindset.

Workforce Realities

More diverse then ever with multi-generations working together within one organization.

Previous generations have seen the entry-level job as a rite of passage to a stable career. To provide first-hand experience in how the business world actually worked while putting in the necessary time at the bottom of the corporate ladder to learn professional skills.

https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/focus/technology-and-the-future-of-work/generation-z-enters-workforce.html

Changing Workforce

• Corporate ladders have shortened
• Career path options have ballooned
• Entry into the workforce is frequently delayed
• Entry-level workers often leave an organization after a couple of years on the job

https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/focus/technology-and-the-future-of-work/generation-z-enters-workforce.html

Technology

Impacted the development of cognitive skills, including intellectual curiosity, among the next generation, creating the risk of skill gaps when they enter the workforce en masse.

Digital natives bring an unprecedented level of technology skills to the workforce, but there's some apprehensions about their ability to communicate and form strong interpersonal relationships.

https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/focus/technology-and-the-future-of-work/generation-z-enters-workforce.html

Gen Zers Prefer

A multidisciplinary and global focus to their work, with the expectation that this can create opportunities for mobility and a rich set of experiences.

Job security is a primary career goal.

Millennials & Zers expect frequent coaching & feedback.

A culture that is open and transparent.

https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/focus/technology-and-the-future-of-work/generation-z-enters-workforce.html

Prefer

Corresponding transparency from their leaders.

Open conversations around business strategy and decisions, including “bad news” such as product failures, layoffs, or competitive threats, etc.

https://www2.deloitte.com/insights/us/en/focus/technology-and-the-future-of-work/generation-z-enters-workforce.html