Generation Y give work woes - bosses struggle with young staff

nero_bolt
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Are GEN Y a problem for employers, would you employ them if you were an employer,   do they have the attention span of a goldfish and think the world revolves around them and they are only what matters? 


 


 http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/generation-y-give-work-woes-bosses-struggle-with-young-staff/story-fni0cx12-1226650944411


 


EMPLOYERS frustrated by their failure to communicate with Gen Y workers are turning to psychologists for help in a desperate bid to improve relations and boost productivity.


 


Baby boomer and Gen X bosses say one of the biggest problems is understanding what makes Gen Y workers tick as the disconnect between the generations fuels youth unemployment rates of up to 40 per cent.

Gen Yers are likely to send a text message, email or post on Facebook if they are sick instead of phoning the boss. Employers complain that many have never worked a day in their life, still live at home well into


 


They often have an attention span of no more than five minutes and are used to doing things based on the sound of a bell or when told," one psychologist said. "Unlike other generations, they have grown up in affluent times and with technology. They have high expectations and will not hesitate to leave if they don't like where they are."Data from the Australian Business


 


 


Apprenticeships Centre shows declining completion rates for apprentices and trainees. The centre is running forums using consultant psychologists to help employers work out their communication issues with Gen Y staff. their 20s and, when they do get a job, don't know how to behave properly


 


Centre general manager Andrew Williams said: "Our research pinpoints the relationships between apprentices or trainees and their employers as a key factor in turning this trend around."

Paul Boffa, who runs hairdressing salons in Sydney's north, employing about 15 apprentices, said any problems were sorted out quickly.

"If they are not able to take instructions they are out the door," he said. "Our biggest problem is getting (young staff). Two of my girls who go to North Sydney TAFE say there are fewer than six apprentices in their year group."

Second-year hairdressing apprentice Miriam Homan, 18, said some young people did not stick with the job despite the opportunities and $1800 in government-funded incentive payments.


 


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/generation-y-give-work-woes-bosses-struggle-with-young-staff/story-fni0cx12-1226650944411


 


 

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They often have an attention span of no more than five minutes and are used to doing things based on the sound of a bell or when told," one psychologist said. "Unlike other generations, they have grown up in affluent times and with technology. They have high expectations and will not hesitate to leave if they don't like where they are."Data from the Australian Business


 


 



 


This bit stuck out for me, I recall reading studies on this quite some time ago now, starting from "educational" television programs such as Sesame Street where segments are specifically timed to be short before changing topics because of short attention spans thus assisting in the continuation of training the duration of the attention span. The education then perpetuates this (although they see it as maximizing the benefits) by structuring their lower education classes in a similar manner. But thgen somehow, as if by magic, when the child enters High School, it is expected that they be able to suddenly concentrate for 40 odd minutes.


 


Just like physical endurance, so too does mental endurance and sustainability need to be developed and mastered through daily gradual practice. It had something to do with strengthening and widening the neural pathways to facilitate permanency and to build up a neural pathway memory.


 


Toru Kumon, did a lot of research on this and used it as the foundation for developing his method of education.


 


starting with manageable chunks of work, at a "just right" level of study, once mastered at the students' pace, they then progressed onto harder work (in incremental steps) with increased concentration intensity and duration requirements.


 


From memory the "consumable for the public" book outlining and proving this method with irrefutable Scientific evidence including brain imaging and scanning is called "Train Your Brain."


Some people can go their whole lives and never really live for a single minute.
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i think these claims are generalisations at best.  i was at uni with mostly gen y students and they were dedicated, articulate and hard working.  i always find it amusing that the generation criticising these young people is the same generation who brought them up.

Such is life.
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Kumon tutoring and ex spruikers who pretend it gives education experience and continue to spruik it... all very dodgy IMO. It's rote learning sold at high price by .. well, you know.

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i think these claims are generalisations at best.  i was at uni with mostly gen y students and they were dedicated, articulate and hard working.  i always find it amusing that the generation criticising these young people is the same generation who brought them up.



 


Yeah I found that rather ironic.

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Clearly you do not understand the system or how neural pathways are created, developed and strengthened if you believe it to be rote learning.


 


It is further evident that you do not understand how a child or any person for that matter learns.


 


Furthermore, it too is supported by irrefutable scientific proof, and is currently the foundation of several studies assisting in the rehabilitation of the neural pathways for stroke victims, and the delay of dementia and Alzheimer.


 


However you have already acknowledged in another thread that you find Facts boring.


Some people can go their whole lives and never really live for a single minute.
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You still selling it? :^O

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What a load of nonsense. This generation of kids are no worse than the previous generations of kids.  Do none of us remember when we were the young ones?


In fact in many ways they are more wise and responsible than ever before.


The exceptions to the rule are probably those who were spoilt, mollycoddled, not allowed to grow up and make decisions for themselves.

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Yes, it is a generalisation. Also nothing new,  I have read similar claims, as in the link, at least a year ago.


 


Generation Y, also known as the Millennial Generation, is the demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates for when Generation Y starts and ends.


 


Commentators use beginning birth dates from the latter 1970s, or from the early 1980s to the early 2000s.


 



Not even a specific year of birth range for them.


 


They often have an attention span of no more than five minutes...


How do they sit and pass Uni or Tafe exams then?

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 It seems at times some mistake disinterest in things they themselves deem important for a short attention span. its not that at all, rather a lack of interest. the author is probably miffed that the age group concerned shows no interest in her/him..

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