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The Millennial Takeover
It finally happened: This year, millennials surpassed baby boomers as the largest share of the U.S.'s voting-age population. The U.S. now has 88 million millennials, people born 1981 to 2000. They are more than the sum of their student loans. This generation has tremendous political clout: Three of 10 voting-age Americans are millennials, and more members of the generation reach voting age each day. A by-the-numbers look shows a generation poised to take over.
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Say farewell to your 9-to-5. Here's why we'll all work flex schedules soon.
Several months ago, I was talking to a college senior about her career plans. She wanted a job with flexible hours, and I asked why. The young woman said she wanted the freedom to take a short nap right after lunch when her energy flagged the most and the ability to work late at night when her brain was sharpest. If I had made a comment like this when looking for my first job 16 years ago, I would have been laughed out of the room. But coming from a college student today, the request doesn’t...
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“Anti-work Attitude”: Here's why Millennials are getting fired -...
Millennials and employers clash at work because of different expectations, and that’s leading to some of them getting fired.
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Millennials Infographic
One of the largest generations in history is about to move into its prime spending years. Millennials are poised to reshape the economy; their unique experiences will change the ways we buy and sell, forcing companies to examine how they do business for decades to come.
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Like Millennials, More Older Americans Steering Away From Driving
Americans of all ages are tossing away the keys and giving up their driver's licenses, a new study shows. Cars are being replaced by bikes, public transit and ride-hailing services.
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Millennials Are Not Here To Save Us
There’s nothing inherently revolutionary — or reactionary — about Millennials.
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Confessions of an Overeducated A/C Man
There is a specter haunting Middle America—the specter of higher education. By Albert Morgan.
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Revealed: the 30-year economic betrayal dragging down Generation Y’s income
Exclusive new data shows how debt, unemployment and property prices have combined to stop millennials taking their share of western wealth
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The Habits of Highly Successful Millennials
Millennials, the generation of people born between the early 80s and the early 2000s, have been called lots of things: coddled, narcissistic, self-gratifying, thin-skinned and entitled. Whatever you call them there is no denying that the future of America is in their hands.
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Millennials Flee Vancouver for More Affordable Cities
Kevin Oke had a Vancouver millennial’s dream job, working as lead designer at a video-game company whose clients included Atari and Ubisoft Entertainment SA, but he still couldn’t afford a house. So he left his native city.
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A hard sell: the industries that can't get millennials buying
From insurers to carmakers and financial advisers, whole sectors are scratching their heads wondering how to market to Generation Skint
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Have millennials given up on democracy?
A poll shows less than half of young adults think democracy is the best form of government – but protest parties show many can still be won over
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A trend story about millennials, by the New York Times
“Broad City is on,” he explained, removing a selfie stick from his man-purse. By Jason O. “Classic” Gilbert. [Satire]
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Few College Grads Consider Agriculture
The world’s demand for food will surge by 2050, with a projected 10 billion people requiring a 70 percent increase in food production. The question is: Who will lead the way to find solutions for this demand and ensure the world’s population will be fed?
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Millennials are being dot.conned by cult-like tech companies
Tech startups love millennials. Tasty, tasty millennials who get underpaid, overworked, churned up and turned into nourishment for venture capitalists. Millennials are the Soylent Green of the tech world. As each batch gets mashed up, there’s a long line of new hires eager to be made into the next meal for the execs and their billionaire backers, as tech survivor Dan Lyons shows in a scathingly funny new book, “Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble” (Hachette Books).
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7 Things Millennial Parents Will Do Differently Than Generations Before Them
It's happening: Millennials are becoming parents, and given that Millennials want different things than Baby Boomers, it's likely that they're going to approach/are approaching parenting very differently too. Most of us probably have parents who are considered Baby Boomers. That generation of
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Why 2014 Marked a Historic Shift in Housing Arrangements
From stealth dorms to pod apartments, young Americans are finding all kinds of new ways to live within their means, on their own. But a historic share of 18- to 34-year-olds are relying on the most affordable housing strategy of all: their parents’ house. A new report by the Pew Research Center finds that for the first time since the 1880s, more young adults in the U.S. are living with their parents than with a romantic partner in their own household. This turn comes as the result of shifts in marriage norms...
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Democrats Will Learn All the Wrong Lessons From Brush With Bernie
Instead of a reality check for the party, it'll be smugness redoubled.
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Millennials May Be Losing Their Grip
Millennials, the thoroughbreds of texting, may lag behind previous generations when it comes to old-fashioned hand strength. In a study of Americans ages 20-34, occupational therapists found that men younger than 30 have significantly weaker hand grips than their counterparts in 1985 did. The same was true of women ages 20-24, according to the study published online by the Journal of Hand Therapy a few months back.
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Don’t let yourself get pushed into a job promotion
People who accept a management job they don’t really want are twice as likely to end up quitting. Dear Annie: I really identified with Fortune’s recent article about turning down a promotion, because I’m facing a dilemma. I like what I’m doing now, as the logistics person on a brand-management team, and I know I’m really good at it. But our company has an unwritten rule where everyone moves “up or out,” and lately my boss has been making noises about promoting me to management.
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