Then i went on to see something about Generation Y. It refers to the last generation born in the 20th century.
I am in Generation Y!!!
Experts differ on the actual start date of Generation Y. Some sources use starting dates as early as 1976. Other sources use 1978, 1980, or 1982. Generation Y is the group generally considered to be the last generation of children wholly born in the 20th century. And while 1982 is a fairly common start date, some sources use even later dates. Sources citing 1982 mark the end of the generation either in the early or mid-1990s or the early 2000s, with 1982-1995 and 1982-2000 as common ranges.
Another source on the year: Born betweem 1980 and 1996
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=how-well-do-you-know-generation-y
Generation Y has a tendency to be more culturally liberal with many supporting modern yet historically more liberal views in general as well as various other politically liberal stances, but, in spite of the new dominant liberal growth, a growing number of new youth clubs and groups have been created in developed countries to take the task of promoting and preserving conservative views and religious beliefs, such as free market principles and "socially conservative" behavior. Since the 2000 U.S. Census which allowed persons to select more than one racial group, "Millennials" in abundance have asserted their right to have all their heritages respected, counted and acknowledged.
Generation Y'ers are largely the children of the Baby Boomers. Younger members of this generation have parents that belong to Generation X, and some older members have parents that are members of the Silent Generation.
- Expression and acceptance has been highly important to this generation. In well-developed nations, cohorts of Generation Y members have found comfort in online games. Flas mobbing, internet memes, and online communities have given some of the more expressive Generation Y members acceptance, while online pen pals have given the more socially timid individuals acceptance as well.
- Generation Y has been described in a New York Times article as entrepreneurial and, "a 'post-emotional' generation. No anger, no edge, no ego
Generation Y (also known as the Millennials) is the fastest growing segment of today’s workforce. Common traits of this generation is:
- Tech Savvy
- Family Centric
- Achievement Oriented
- Team Oriented
- Attention Craving
Read more:
http://nowsourcing.com/2011/04/12/hr-meets-generation-y-who-is-asking-for-too-much/
5 things to consider when understanding Generation Y:
http://www.litmos.com/industry-news/5-key-characteristics-of-generation-y/
Generation X:
Born between 1965 to 1980.
http://legalcareers.about.com/od/practicetips/a/GenerationX.htm
Silent Generation:
The Silent Generation refers to the people who were born in the US between the years of 1923 and the early part of the 1940s. This generation was quite small in number as the members were born between the 2 World Wars and during the period of the Great Depression.
Article:
Youth today is waiting for the hand of fate to fall on its shoulders, meanwhile working fairly hard and saying almost nothing. The most startling fact about the younger generation is its silence. With some rare exceptions, youth is nowhere near the rostrum. By comparison with the Flaming Youth of their fathers & mothers, today's younger generation is a still, small flame. It does not issue manifestos, make speeches or carry posters. It has been called the "Silent Generation."
They were termed withdrawn, cautious, unimaginative, indifferent, unadventurous and silent. The generation is also known as the Postwar Generation and the Seekers, when it is not neglected altogether and placed by marketers in the same category as the G.I. or "Greatest" Generation.
In England, they were named the "Air Raid Generation" as children growing up amidst the crossfire of World War II.
Members of the Silent Generation were uniquely poised to take advantage of economic opportunities, thanks to the reduced competition. Many of them went on to harness the scientific and technological advances of the Second World War, developing innovative inventions which laid the groundwork for even more technological progress in the late 20th century. The Silent Generation had a tendency to be better educated than the WWI generation because of not having their schooling interrupted by the Depression and the war.
Read more:
http://www.elderlyjournal.com/generation/silent-generation/What-Is-Silent-Generation.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_generation
http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/socpsy01/music/silent%20social%20identity.htm
Greatest Generation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Generation
Baby Boomer:
As of 1998, it was reported that, as a generation, boomers had tended to avoid discussions and planning for their demise and avoided much long-term planning.
Boomers grew up at a time of dramatic social change.... (read more on Wiki page)
An indication of the importance put on the impact of the boomer was the selection by Time magazine of the Baby Boom Generation as its 1966 "Man of the Year". As Claire Raines points out in ‘Beyond Generation X’, “never before in history had youth been so idealized as they were at this moment.”
When Generation X came along it had much to live up to and to some degree in the shadow of the Boomers, sometimes compared and/or criticized (‘spoiled’, ‘whiners’ and ‘the doom generation’) than not. One of the contributions made by the Boomer generation appears to be the expansion of individual freedom. Boomers often are associated with the civil rights movement, the feminist cause in the 1970s, gay rights, handicapped rights, and the right to privacy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Boom_Generation
more sources: http://www.elderlyjournal.com/generation/baby-boomer/index.html
Generation Z:
Wikipedia:
Generation Z (also known as Generation M (for multitasking), Generation C (for Connected Generation), the Net Generation, or the Internet Generation) is a common name in the US and other Western nations for the group of people born from the early or mid 1990s to the present.
The generation has grown up with the World Wide Web, which became increasingly available from 1991 onwards. The youngest of the generation were born during a minor fertility boom around the time of the US Global financial crisis of the late 2000s decade, ending around the year 2010, with the next "Generation i" succeeding.
Members of Generation Z are typically the children of Generation X; their parents may also include the youngest Baby Boomers as well as the oldest members of Generation Y.
Generation Z is highly connected, as many of this generation have had lifelong use of communications and media technologies such as the World Wide Web, instant messaging, text messaging, MP3 players, mobile phones, smartphone, touchscreen, iPhone, iPod, Zune, iPad, Tablet Computer technologies, and YouTube, earning them the nickname "digital natives".
No longer limited to the home computer, the Internet is now increasingly carried in their pockets on mobile Internet devices such as mobile phones. A marked difference between Generation Y and Generation Z is that members of the former remember life before the takeoff of mass technology, while the latter have been born completely within it. This generation has also been born completely into an era of postmodernism and globalization.
Generation Z are known for curating online at a rapid pace: sharing thoughts and observations on a variety of media, topics and products. With this increasing access to this online information pool, they are more aware of modern day challenges such as terrorism and climate change, along with being exposed to a globalized, multicultural, diverse environment of the internet and social media that greatly influence their decision making process.
Read more:
http://www.elderlyjournal.com/generation/generation-z/Characteristics-Of-Generation-Z.html
http://www.elderlyjournal.com/generation/generation-z/index.html
Generation gap:
http://www.elderlyjournal.com/generation/generation-gap/index.html
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