Treating each project as your first......... Always think like an intern
As we welcome many recent and upcoming graduates to our elite fraternity of Young Professionals, We at The Gen-Y Group would like to offer you a piece of advice that has touched us so deeply. This...
View ArticleGeneration Y and 24 Hour accessibility
We know we have been away from the blog for awhile, but we have been busy being Young Professionals, we still have no excuse. Young Professional rule of thumb: there are NO excuses, always accept...
View ArticleSome of the best advice I ever got.....
As Young Professionals we are often bred to be goal oriented, professional, and career minded. The Gen-Y Group supports those beliefs, but we want to pass on a bit of advice offered to us. When asked...
View ArticleGeneration of diversification
Greetings to all our faithful readers. The Gen-y group apologizes for the delay in post over the past couple of weeks.We are gearing up for an exciting summer in the development world. In a recent...
View ArticleThe Plan......... Episode 2
As mentioned in our post for The Plan...... Episode 1, The Gen-Y Group is committed to assisting you in developing a plan for your career, life, and success.... Please read The Plan........ Episode 1...
View ArticleThings that every Young Professional should own
As a Young professional entering the workforce there are essential things that you MUST have in your possession in order to be taken seriously in your respective craft. We will list a few that we think...
View ArticleLife Lessons learned from Previous Generations
We will say it once again, Generation Y is unique! That’s not new information, but we at the Gen-Y Group feel it is our responsibility to remind you that our generation is phenomenal for many reasons....
View ArticleThe Urgency of now...point blank
Unlike Mr. BarackObama, The Gen-Y Group believes in a different type of urgency. Recent situations and life changing moments in both of our lives have lead to this point, NOW. As we come to a reality...
View ArticleWe Mean Business..... No really we do
We at the Gen-Y Group are usually against shameless plugs promoting a product but this morning I caught a show on A&E called We Mean Business. The premise of the show is the transformation of a...
View ArticleGeneration Y and Resource Sharing
Simply put our generation is great, we are going to be great, and we will go down in history. We are arguably the most influential generation to date. While we have given you many lists on this blog,...
View ArticleAge old, Age Stigma
We have seen many times throughout our sessions and general conversation with young professionals that the age issue is still a huge hurdle which our generation faces. Based off of these same...
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Winter Essentials
Winter is here! For some of us, we live in a location that allows for us to enjoy warm weather during the winter (Darn you Jonathan at USC), but for most of us winter means cold weather, inactiveness,...
View ArticleYour Personal Board of Directors
We have a secret to tell all of Generation Y…………………………… We do not know everything! As much as society has branded us the smartest generation ever, and how we have been able to program our parents VCR’s...
View ArticleLooking for Writers
The Gen-Y Group is looking for writers for the blog! If you feel like you have something to contribute to the development of Generation Y please feel free to contact us at...
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Generation Y in Stand-by
In the midst of one of the worst economic outlooks our generation has seen, It is key that certain aspects of your professional life be put on stand-by and remain in the ready postion. Instead of...
View ArticleThe YP's Bill of Rights
We decided to post this again since it was such a successThe Young Professional Bill of RightsAs a young professional, I have often been in situations where I have felt like my credibility has been in...
View ArticleOn the Young Professional and Mobility: Part 1
The young professional in its essence is an interesting concept. In many cases, you are in a company where you are one of the youngest workers, but you are probably one of only a few of your friends...
View ArticleOn the Young Professional and Mobility: Part 2
In the previous post we reviewed how mobility accounts for our generation’s ability to make career decisions in an unprecedented manner. Now we explain how and why mobility factors in to decisions that...
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10 Essentials
Over at Details Magazine they run a monthly section entitled “10 Essentials” Where a famous person (Usually a male fashion designer) lists off 10 things that are necessary for them to do what it is...
View ArticleOn the Young Profession and Layoffs
There is no getting around it, this is the worst recession we have seen in our time! I think it is the worst recession that ANYONE has seen SINCE the Great Depression. Every time you connect to the...
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