I used to be a public information officer (PIO) for a large ambulance service. Much of my job involved responding to media queries about “bad calls” that reporters would hear on police scanners. Every day I received dozens of calls about potentially horrible situations, referred to by the industry as “breaking news.” For more than […]
Infographic Shows Generation X Most Engaged in the Workforce
An executive survey released by the Futurestep division of Korn Ferry (NYSE:KFY), the preeminent global people and organizational advisory firm, reveals the heads down, get-the-job-done attitudes and priorities of Generation X employees. When asked which generation is the most engaged in the workforce, more than half of respondents (52 percent) said Generation X. Baby Boomers […]
Moving From Blogger to WordPress
I am now in the process of making the switch to WordPress. My domain has been transferred and within 96 hours it should be pointing to a new host. During this switch, jenx67.com may experience some downtime. So, I’m thinking now is a great time to do one of the following: Subscribe to my newsletter. […]
Generation Flux
Remember the flux capacitor? It was the core component of Doctor Emmett Brown’s time traveling DeLorean in the Generation X hit Back to the Future? It’s what made time travel possible for Marty. I thought about it yesterday when I read an article about a new generation, Generation Flux. Generation Flux Members of Generation Flux […]
Study finds Gen Xers Are Angry After All These Years
According to a new study by three Canadian Universities, Generation X, which made moody and tragic Kurt Cobain an icon, is still in a bad mood. Yes, friends, Gen Xers are angry and grumpy; however, last week, a much longer, 25-year study by a Michigan professor found that Gen Xers were “happy and balanced.” Still, the new report […]
Study on Generation X Finds They Lead Happy, Balanced Lives
Grow old along with me. The best is yet to be… From Mary Chapin Carpenter and Grow Old Alone With Me Jon Miller, a political scientist from the University of Michigan, has released findings from a major, 25-year study on Generation X. Turns out that despite the lingering stereotype of disaffected, cynical slackers, Gen Xers as a […]
72 percent of Gen-Xers Are Seriously Looking for Another Job
Why did my lover have to pick last night To get down Doesn’t it matter That I have to feed the both of us Employment’s down… It’s just another manic Monday –From The Bangles, 1986 For at least two years I’ve been hearing about the coming resume tsunami. I blogged about it in January 2010. […]