Monthly Archives: June 2012

Maximizing Millennials According to, well, uh…Millennials

    In this highly entertaining infographic produced as a join effort between the University of North Carolina Business School and the Young Entrepreneurs Council (both largely comprised of the under-30 crowd) viewers are able to see the clear cut differences between older workers and millennials (a.k.a. Generation Y, Generation Why, Boomlets, Nexters, etc.). Through…

New Teen Workforce Study a Shocking Wake-Up Call to Employers

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In 1989, 56% of the 16- to 19-year-olds in America were actively participating in the workforce. This meant that an employer hiring a young person in the late eighties and early nineties had better than a one-in-two chance that the young person they were considering understood what it meant to hold a job. In 2012,…

9 Year Olds Getting Rich with their Lemenade Stand

Dylan and Charles have been on summer break for three days and have quite a little enterprise brewing.  They’re working hard and making money. This morning, I noticed them at the end of my street with a table and chairs set up.  Dylan was pouring liquid refreshment and making change. Charles was busy waving down…