The most studied generations coverge on the workplace. Generation X, the age born before the 1980s but after the Baby Boomers Generation Y, typically those born between 1984 and 1996. The two generations have different values but also share common beliefs and characteristics. Generation X is independent, resourceful, and self-sufficient. They value freedom and responsibility […]
ABSTRACT Over the last several decades, the transition to adulthood has become a more challenging feat to accomplish. Young adults of the 21st century are now considered the Boomerang Generation and are seen negatively by generations that have come before them. However, young adults today are overcoming a failed economy, increased housing and education cost, […]
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Get startedAs both a practitioner within the aging services network, and a gerontology and social work student, I have a strong interest in applied research, demographics trends, and factors that influence the field of aging service providers. This information can be particularly helpful to help identify, understand, develop, and offer supports and services to older adults […]
Baby boomer is a person who was born between 1946 and 1964. The origin of the name baby boomers is due to the immense number of births that were happening. In the beginning of the boom, 3.4 million infants born in the U.S.. The numbers kept increasing to nearly 4 million infants in between years […]
The workforce is a fierce, competitive market today. Multiple generations fight for a spot in a company to secure a job; each demonstrating different characteristics that prove they are the best in the business. Baby Boomers earned the nickname by the 2.4 million births within the years of 1941-1964. Generation X, born from 1965-1984, is […]
Abstract For those of us born during the post World War II period between the years of 1946 and 1964, we fall into the generational category referred to as ‘Baby Boomers’, whose parents were mostly from the GI and Silent Generations. After the end of the war, there was a population boom due to spiked […]
Starting at a young age, people are told to respect their elders and take care of them. From helping them down the stairs to paying social security, younger generations take on the responsibility to care for older generations. Baby Boomers are a group of people that were born during the time period of 1946 to […]
After World War 2 ended, the American population dramatically increased. Millions of babies were born as soldiers returned home to their families. Known as the baby boom, this sudden growth in the birth rate started in 1946 and continued on until 1964. In the boom’s peak year of 1957, 4.3 million babies were born; only […]
Generational Training Baby Boomers – Managing Corporate Generational Diversity Training and Development is currently developing curriculum to five different generations in the workforce today. This trend will continue until the last of the Baby Boomers exit the workforce in the year 2030. Baby Boomers have a unique look at the current corporate landscape. It would […]
The term Baby Boomer came from the fact that in the first year of the baby boom, 1946, there were about 2.4 million babies born, by the end of the era in 1964 there about 72.5 million baby boomers. An interesting fact is that Bill Clinton was the first baby boomer to serve as president […]
