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Children today, by and large, are brighter than the previous generation and they know things faster and have access to such a wide variety of information," said James French, 51, executive vice president of human resources for Hill Holliday of Boston. " Do you agree or disagree?
"So here we have this crop of baby boomers and this new crop of millennials coming," she said. "What we're finding is a lot of differences between the culture of the established company and this new crop of workers." Do you find these differences in your company?
"Where boomers might have been more willing to sacrifice homelife for late hours at the office to advance their careers, millennials seem more willing to stand up and demand a better balance between time at work and outside". Do you believe that this is true?
"Savvy as they may be in some areas, Generation Y can be surprisingly naive when it comes to a defining medium of their age: The Internet. Posting photos of yourself at a frat party or posing suggestively on social networking websites is a real no-no, say specialists. And the millennial babes have yet to understand why the boomers cringe when they hear about the younger groups' revealing entries on such websites as Livejournal.com". Did you know that some prospective employers search social networking sites before making a job offer? How do you feel about that? Should your postings be a criteria for denying you a job?
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Yikes! I didn't realize that employers and people I interview with would take the time to check my facebook. I want old friends to be able to find me, but I do not want my boss looking at my profile. I wonderof there is anything I can do about this other than make my profile very boring.
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