Is the next generation prepared for the workforce?
That question has been asked more and more over the last few years — in the media, in corporate offices, in college classrooms and by college students themselves. In response Bentley developed The PreparedU Project, a major initiative designed to shed light on these pressing issues through market research.
Forbes.com, Fortune and USA Today are just a few of the national outlets discussing The PreparedU Project's latest anaylsis.
Cheat Sheet 05/08/2017: 17 Valid Excuses Why Young People Are Not Saving for Retirement
Millennials actually do think a lot about retirement.
Psychology Today 04/12/2017: Here Comes the iGen—and Businesses Can Rejoice
“Entrepreneurship is in their DNA” declared a report by the marketing firm Sparks & Honey about the new generation of teens and young adults, known as iGen or Generation Z.
U.S. News & World Report 04/10/2017: 3 Ways to Get Millennials to Teach
What millennials want in a workplace has already become the stuff of clichés.
Forbes 03/23/2017: The Case For Modernizing Corporate Learning
Employers have increased their minimum skill requirements for jobs in the past few decades.
SocialTalent 03/21/2017: Millennials in the Workplace: 4 Things You Oughta Know
Millennials are being mentioned more and more in today’s working world.
BusinessFavour 03/02/2017: Dear Millennials: To Grow Your Business, Focus on People, Not Just Products
People like Jim Clifton, chairman and CEO of Gallup, have been sounding the alarm about the state of entrepreneurship in the United States: In a blog post Clifton lamented the fact that more businesses in this country now close each year than open -- a trend that’s held true for each of the past half dozen years.
Forbes 03/01/2017: Perfect or Productive: Why 80/20 Is Hard For Millennial Professionals
Social stereotypes aside, Millennials and generation X are two very different generations, with contrasting behaviors even in the workplace.
Inc. 01/30/2017: 5 Millennial Trends Entrepreneurs Need to Know
Love it or hate it, you can't ignore Millennials any longer.
business.com 01/29/2017: How Millennials Are Changing the Workplace
The collective working environment is changing rapidly, thanks to millennials.
Bright Move 01/17/2017: A Changing Job Market Goes Hybrid
The need for blended skills is driving design of hybrid job descriptions.
lifehacker 01/10/2017: 10 Steps to Starting a Side Business While Working a Full-Time Job
We are living at a time of unlimited potential.
Forbes 01/08/2017: The 10 Technical Skills With Explosive Growth In Job Demand
Some aspects of technology seem to change every month.
Entrepreneur 11/25/2016: 4 Ways Employers Are Using Corporate Social Responsibility to Recruit Millennials
Employees are some of the most valuable assets a company can have and one of the most telling signs of a company’s health is its employee retention rate.
Huffington Post 11/01/2016: 6 Millennial Myths That Need to Finally Die
Millennials are the most studied generation of all time.
Fortune 10/21/2016: Three Big Mistakes Leaders Make When Managing Millennials
Millennials have become the largest demographic in the workplace.
Built in Colorado 10/03/2016: 5 Reasons Adults Fear Going Back to School —and How to Overcome Them
Taking a class can be a step toward that promotion you’ve been angling for, or lay the foundation for a full-on career change.
TechSling 9/26/2016: Hiring Millennials: 3 Tips for Employers
The digital age has given rise to new trends in hiring and retaining employees.
Career Sherpa 9/20/2016: The Skills Gap Is Real
There is a skills gap and it is bigger than you may think.
Forbes 8/28/2016: Millennials Continue to Buck Trends by Building Careers on Social Media
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram have become such staples of our everyday lives that we often forget how powerful they are.
U.S. News & World Report 8/10/2016: Why Millennial Entrepreneurs Should Consider a Solo 401(k)
In the world of millennial entrepreneurs, Mark Zuckerberg is the unofficial gold standard for achievement.
Huffington Post 7/28/2016: What I Want the Future of Work to Look Like for Women
In April 2014, weeks before Mother’s Day, the ad agency Mullen Lowe released a powerful video, “World’s Toughest Job,” to highlight the tireless work of moms. Mullen’s brilliant stunt started when they posted a “Director of Operations” position for a fake company called Rehtom, Inc. (mother spelled backwards).
Yahoo! Finance 7/22/2016: The Most Dense Cities in America
If your neighborhood is starting to feel a little cramped, you might have millennials to blame.
Entrepreneur 7/11/2016: Does the Giant Corporation You Work for Chew You Up and Spit You Out?
It seems that college graduates are turning their backs on working for large corporations.
Huffington Post 7/7/2016: 4 Essential Career Advice Tips for Millennials
The world that your parents grew up in is no more.
CNN 7/7/2016: How One 26-Year-Old Turned $500 into $2 Million Online
One entrepreneur substantiates Bentley’s affirmation from the PreparedU Project that most millennials find success with flexible work hours.
Knowledge @ Wharton 6/15/2016: The Best Country for Entrepreneurs Is …
Market research from Bentley's PreparedU Project highlights the entrepreneurial ambitions of millennials in the U.S.
Forbes 6/15/2016: The Top Skills for the Modern Workplace
When you sift through the job postings across many job categories in a handful of industries, you find that certain skills are more in demand than others.
Business Insider 6/8/2016: Millennials Are Urging Sanders to Keep Fighting — and Their Voices Are Only Getting Louder
Garner Jarrett never used to care much about politics.
Patch 6/1/2016: The Rise of Millennials and How to Attract Them to Your Business
The youth of yesterday are the workforce of today: millennials. Ranging between 18 and 35 years of age, millennials represent the largest generation in the country, outnumbering even baby boomers by approximately 7.7 million, according to government estimates.
Fortune 5/29/2016: Why It's Okay Not to Know Where You'll Be in 5 Years
New grads aren’t the only ones who should keep an open mind about their careers.
Houston Chronicle 5/28/2016: As Millennials Outnumber Boombers, the American Dream is Reshaped
When Liz Hartwig first moved to Houston, she kept her iPhone at the ready, navigating crowded streets with Google Maps as she memorized another new town - her fourth in half as many years.
Forbes 5/26/2016: Why You Aren't Getting Noticed: The One Skill to Learn as a Millennial Entrepreneur
Electing autonomy and freedom over traditional 9 to 5 careers, millennials have been dubbed the “true entrepreneur generation.” In fact, a survey by Bentley University reported that 67% of millennials say their career goals involve starting their own businesses.
Bloomberg West 5/10/2016: Preparing Students for the Hybrid Job
Gloria Larson, Bentley University president, discusses the future of business education with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg West."
Motto 5/9/2016: How to Prevent Career Boredom
I consider myself pretty lucky.
Entreprenuer 5/4/2016: We Gave Millennials a Bad Name. It's Time We Look in the Mirror and Dispose of the Myths.
According to the Pew Research Center and the U.S. Census Bureau, in mid-2015, the millennial generation (comprising those born from 1980 to 1995) became the largest cohort in the workforce.
Talent Culture 4/25/2016: Did Millennials Kill The 9-To-5 Workday, Or Just Point Out That It’s Dead?
Millennials have taken the workplace by storm.
LinkedIn 4/25/2016: Why Everything You May Hate About Millennials Is Wrong
"Millenials". They’re lazy, they’re entitled, and they’re narcissistic – perhaps the most out of any generation thus far. However, if you’ve found yourself saying any of these things about their generation, you’d be wrong.
Fortune 4/24/2016: What to Do When You're Bored With Your Job
It may be time to explore other opportunities.
GoodCall 4/21/2016: New Report on High Demand Tech Skills Reflects Changing Industry Needs, Expectations
Students considering a career in technology will face a drastically different set of expectations than their predecessors.
stefanieoconnell.com 4/21/2016: Millennial Entrepreneurship: The Dream vs. The Reality
A 2014 study from Bentley University revealed similar stats with 67 percent of millennials wanting to opt out of the traditional “corporate climb” and start their own businesses.
Fox Business 4/13/2016: Infographic: The New College Education? A Fusion One
As the national college acceptance deadline day approaches (May 1), millions of high school seniors will make the decision of where to spend the next four years of their life.
ragan.com 3/30/2016: Infographic: The Truth About Millennials in the Workplace
Millennials are lazy, entitled job hoppers who only care about texting, right? Wrong.
Forbes 3/24/2016: 15 Easy Side Hustles Millennials Can Start This Weekend
A recent Bentley University study found that over 66% of millennials want to start their own businesses.
Entrepreneur 3/23/2016: Did Millennials Kill the 9-to-5 Workday, or Just Point Out That It's Dead?
Millennials have taken the workplace by storm. They’re now the largest generation in the workforce and are tossing the 9-to-5 day, with dedicated cubicles and shared offices, out the window.
U.S. News & World Report 3/23/2016: These 3 Career Skills Will Make You Invaluable to Your Employer
Employers have raised the bar on what they expect from new employees.
GlassDoor 3/22/2016: Why 2016 is the Year of the Hybrid Job
When it comes to landing a job, it’s no longer enough to possess only right brain or left brain skills.
USA Today College 3/22/2016: 7 Skills Every College Student Should Learn Before Graduating
College students gain a wealth of information in the time they spend in school, especially in the classes that related to their majors. But in order to really get the most out of those academic college skills, students also need to support them with certain other practical skills.
Inc. 3/21/2016: Get Ready For the Rise of the Hybrid Job
You thought managing one job was hard enough. Now, apparently, employers are going to start asking you to master two...or more.
Fast Company 3/15/2016: Why 2016 Is The Year Of The Hybrid Job
In an age of big data, having tech skills is important, but the pendulum might be starting to swing the other way.
Fortune 3/11/2016: Why 2016 Is the Year of the Hybrid Job
Once innovative jobs have gone mainstream and are being combined into other roles.
Matador Network 3/5/2016: Infographic: What Millenials Really Think at Work
Millenials are often accused of being lazy and entitled, and that’s before they’re even working.
TIME Money 3/3/2016: 6 Things First-Time Employees Should Do Now That Will Pay Off Later
Landing your first career-track job should be an exciting time — you’re literally laying the foundation for the next 30 or 40 years of your life. This also means it’s a high-stakes time of your career.
Business Insider 3/3/2016: A College Career Services Expert Explains Why 20-Somethings Job-Hop
Think millennials in your workplace are ready and willing to jump ship as soon as the going gets tough?
Career Sherpa 2/28/2016: Summary Sunday: Online, In Person and In the Future. Career Stuff You Need to Know
It is important to keep one eye on the present and one eye on the future.
Forbes 2/24/2016: Science Sets Us Straight On Yelp CEO Letter Scandal: The Truth About Millennial Work Ethic
Cross-generational studies repeatedly show that millennials are more assertive, confident, expectant and narcissistic than any other generation.
Glamour 2/23/2016: The Skills You Need If You're Job Hunting in 2016
A new study from Bentley University suggests that 2016 is the year of the "hybrid job," meaning that the most sought-after positions will be ones that require a combination of both hard, technical skills and soft, communication-based skills.
BostInno 2/17/2016: Bentley University Finds the Most Marketable Skills for Each Industry
There’s so much talk now circulating about what students should and not take to increase their employability. And while there’s no magic major that will 100-percent guarantee that grads will lead a stable and successful professional life, there are certain skills that will give them more job prospects to work with.
CNN 2/6/2016: Magazine Targets Millennial Audience
Research from Bentley University released last year found that millennial men and women share many of the same attitudes about female career success, while another study found that 73% of millennial men say they'd relocate for their wife's job.
MarketPlace 2/4/2016: The Rise of the Do-It-All 'Hybrid' Job
It used to be graphic designers designed graphics, copy writers wrote copy, and that was that. But the times, they are a’changing.
Business Insider 1/23/2016: The Top 12 Skills Tech Employers Want Today
When it comes landing your dream career in tech, there's often one obstacle you have to pass first: Getting someone to call you from your resume, LinkedIn profile, or job applications.
BizPhilly 1/11/2016: Baby Boomers, Not Techie Millennials, Most Likely to Start Businesses
Our perception of life after 65 has changed drastically in the last 30 years, with only 14 percent of baby boomers viewing retirement as a time to “retire and enjoy a well-deserved rest, take it easy, pursue leisure activities and take care of myself,” according to a study by Encore.org.
LinkedIn 12/30/2015: How Colleges Can Prepare Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs
With our constantly evolving climate, how can what is being taught in today’s universities be the same as it was over the past several decades? One bold idea I applaud and believe in is the advancement of new curriculum for today’s entrepreneurs.
Yahoo! Finance 12/29/2015: Jobs Are Changing in Ways That Could Improve Your Quality of Life
If you’re looking for better work-life balance, 2016 may be your year for change.
Fortune 12/17/2015: You Can Thank Millennials for this Important Change to the Workplace
The most important leadership lesson I’ve learned in the past year is that you must never stop learning to be a leader.
Mashable 12/15/2015: Say Farewell to Your 9-To-5. Here's Why We'll All Work Flex Schedules Soon.
In fact, by around 2030, the millennial majority will likely have done away with the 9-to-5 workday entirely.
Los Angeles Times 12/14/2015: Federal Workforce is Thin on Millennials, but Study Shows how that Could Change
Mary Beth Gerhardt feels strongly connected to her mission to protect life and property as a meteorologist at the National Weather Service.
MediaPost 11/27/2015: Are Millennials Starting To Rethink Social Media?
There’s a common perception among marketing types that all Millennials are all over social media all of the time.
Mashable 11/24/2015: 3 Things Every Millennial Should Consider Before Launching a Startup
There probably hasn’t been a new generation come along that hasn’t been accused of being lazy and shiftless by those who came before. Millennials are no exception.
BBC News 11/20/2015: Study Challenges Perceptions of Millennials in Federal Workforce
There are jobs to be had, but you keep getting rejected. Are employers expectations unrealistic or are university grads really ill-equipped for the real world?
Baltimore Sun 11/20/2015: This Is the Real Reason New Graduates Can't Get Hired
Mary Beth Gerhardt feels strongly connected to her mission to protect life and property as a meteorologist at the National Weather Service. Feeling that connection, she says, was a prerequisite for her decision to take the job.
Boston Business Journal 11/19/2015: Study: Demand for once-hot web jobs plummets as employers expect new hires to bring Internet skills
Employers that just a few years ago paid top dollar for workers who could navigate web-design or social media now expect all their new hires to possess the skills, according to a study Bentley University and tech company Burning Glass released today.
Forbes 11/19/2015: How To Sell More Women On Sales Leadership Roles
If you look around, you’ll notice there are significantly fewer women in sales leadership roles than men.
Boston Globe 11/19/2015: Employers Seek Workers With Range of Skills, Study Finds
Employers want to hire someone who’s got it all -- from technology and math skills to writing and collaboration abilities -- and they’re willing to pay, according to a new research by Bentley University and Boston job matching company Burning Glass Technologies.
Herald Online 11/19/2015: Optimistic Millennials Face U.S. Lawmakers in Economic Hearing
Three millennials faced a row of Generation X-ers and Baby Boomers Wednesday on Capitol Hill, and though the ages in the congressional hearing room ranged wide, the understanding was mutual: Americans born in the 1980s and 1990s are now facing economic challenges dramatically different from those of their parents and grandparents.
Huffington Post 11/13/2015: A Different Kind of Entrepreneur In San Diego
My high school cafeteria lacked recycling bins, which resulted in hundreds of aluminum cans unnecessarily ending up in the landfill each day.
Business 2 Community 11/12/2015: The “Name Game” Challenge: Creating That Ideal Brand Name
Branding is more than finding a new name or image.
LinkedIn11/2/2015: Why You Should Keep Your Job and Start a Business
A while back I published a post on starting a business while keeping your full-time job.
IT Best of Breed 10/23/2015: The Millennials Are Coming: Here’s How to Recruit Them
College graduation season has passed, sending an influx of freshly-minted grads into the workforce.
Fortune 10/13/2015: Why Some Recent Graduates Are Still Struggling to Find Jobs
According to a recent Bureau of Labor Statistics study, the U.S. unemployment rate for 20- to 24-year-olds, the age when many have recently left college and are entering the workforce, is nearly twice that of 25- to 34-year-olds.
Fast Company 9/30/2015: How to Get a Job of the Future with a Liberal Arts Degree
To hear policymakers and higher-education wonks tell it, there’s now a chasm separating what high-tech industries need in order to stay competitive and the skills current students can offer once they’re old enough to work for them.
Inc. 9/18/2015: How Millennials Find Remarkable Success in the Workplace
We've all heard the long spiel about Millennials.
Business Insider 9/4/2015: 17 Simple Steps to Starting a Business While Working Full Time
In a recent study at Bentley University, over 66% of millennials responded that they have a desire to start their own businesses.
Washington Post 9/11/2015: How to Build a Great Company by Blending Bureaucracy and Holacracy
In 2001, when I built a start-up in the then-new field of RFID technology, I was often fascinated by the responses in interviews I would get from potential new hires.
Entrepreneur 8/31/2015: 5 Millennial Myths to Avoid
When the label "Millennial” first appeared, most Millennials weren’t yet born.
Inc. 8/18/2015: 10 Steps to Starting a Business While Keeping Your Full-Time Job
A few years ago, I published a post on starting a business while keeping your full-time job.
Huffington Post 8/18/2015: 5 Things Every Millennial Entrepreneur Should Know About Startups
Startup life conjures images of warm, innovative workspaces, community game areas, catered gourmet lunches, laid-back dress codes and generally positive working atmospheres.
Fortune 8/13/2015: Dealing with a Competitive Colleague? Befriend Them
Have you ever been convinced someone stole your idea from a meeting?
Entrepreneur 8/13/2015: 5 Tips for Tackling Your Fears While You're Getting Ahead
Full Disclosure: I have a real fear of public speaking.
Go Banking Rates 8/12/2015: 5 Things Every Millennial Entrepreneur Should Know About Startups
Startup life conjures images of warm, innovative workspaces, community game areas, catered gourmet lunches, laid-back dress codes and generally positive working atmospheres.
NBC News 8/12/2015: Helping Millennial Entrepreneurs Conquer Student-Loan Debt
You've heard it all before: Millennials are independent thinkers, multitasking pros who are open-minded and tech-savvy.
Huffington Post 8/12/2015: Why Millennials Will Improve Your Company
I’ve been reading a number of articles and reports about millennials in the workplace—about how they expect autonomy, insist their work have purpose, and think business needs a reset toward more concern for helping society.
Corporate Tech Decisions 7/23/2015: Technologies for a Millennial Friendly Workspace
If you search your office it will be plain to see that millennials have begun their steady and assured takeover of the workplace.
Huffington Post 7/23/2015: Where in the World: Millennials, Untethered
"Where in the world is Frank Dineen?" It's a game his colleagues like to play.
Forbes 7/20/2015: Millennials Want To Be Entrepreneurs, So Why Aren't They Starting Businesses? Part 1
Millennials have been called the most entrepreneurial generation. While this may be true based on their desires to start businesses, millennials are not following through on their entrepreneurial dreams.
Las Vegas Review-Journal 7/17/2015: 8 Startups That Turned These Millennials to Millionaires
Only 13 percent of millennials report career ambitions of climbing the corporate ladder to become a president or CEO, according to a Bentley University-commissioned survey.
Huffington Post 7/15/2015: 4 Investments Millennials Like -- But Baby Boomers Don't
Millennials and baby boomers are America's two biggest generations, with the younger set just becoming the largest population group in the U.S., according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
PopSugar 6/28/2015: The 1 Thing That Will Help Millennials Succeed These Days
It's causing the death of a generation. Or at least the communication of the millennial generation
Huffington Post 6/26/2015: Ready or Not, Millennials Are Changing How We Do Business Forever
In the next 20 years, Millennials will receive over $20 trillion in inheritance, with over $7 trillion being passed along by 2020, according to Bloomberg Business.
The Muse 6/24/2015: 7 Ways to Get the New Grad You Just Hired Up to Speed
How do you take your new hire from the classroom to the boardroom?
Entrepreneur 6/24/2015: Dear Millennials: To Grow Your Business, Focus on People, Not Just Products
People like Jim Clifton, chairman and CEO of Gallup, have been sounding the alarm about the state of entrepreneurship in the United States: In a blog post Clifton lamented the fact that more businesses in this country now close each year than open -- a trend that’s held true for each of the past half dozen years.
Bloomberg Businesweek 6/19/2016: Payscout Addresses Growing Trend of Millennial Entrepreneurship: a New Model of Leadership Emerges
In response to a Deloitte poll conducted in early 2014, 70% of millennials said they would reject traditional business to work independently; one in five said they wanted to quit their current job and start their own projects.
CareerMag 6/17/2015: Have the Millennials' Habits Really Changed?
According to the stereotype, millennials spend all their time glued to their smartphones, streaming media and interacting with mobile apps.
SmartBlogs 6/11/2015: Raising a Ready Workforce: The Missing Curriculum Component
The goal of every educator, and the purpose of our education system, is to prepare students for success in learning and life.
Mashable 6/9/2015: The Hipster Is Dead, and You Might Not Like Who Comes Next
What do we call me? I’m a 26-year-old writer who lives in a gentrifying neighborhood in Brooklyn. I’m a straight white man with a single-speed bike and a mustache. I studied liberal arts in college, and I have ideas about stuff, you guys.
Fast Company 5/27/2015: This Test Tells You If You're Really Cut Out to Be an Entrepreneur
This spring, as college graduates march down the aisles in their caps and gowns, most won’t be dreaming of rising through the ranks of a Fortune 500 company; they’re more likely to be hatching plans to start their own world-changing startups.
MediaPost 5/26/2015: Startups: Made For And By Millennials
It’s expected that 2015 will be the year Millennials outgrow Baby Boomers in numbers.
MSN Money 5/19/2015: Millennials Snub Stock Market to Focus on Building the Next Facebook
Millennials whose parents lost their savings during the financial crisis, then lost their jobs as businesses slashed workforces to survive, lost faith in both Wall Street and Corporate America. Their distrust can now be measured, to a degree, in the way they invest both their money and their time.
SHRM Blog 5/18/2015: Talent Management and Succession Planning in the Age of Millennials
Although the definition varies, millennials (also known as Generation Y) are typically considered to be those people who reached legal age around the turn of the 21st century.
Huffington Post 5/13/2015: Forget the Career Ladder, Millennials Are Taking the Elevator
You can rest easy. Your over-eager Millennial coworker doesn't want your job. In fact he or she may not want any job, at least in the traditional sense.
Washington Post 5/4/2015: Want to rebuild the economy? Stop obsessing over tech start-ups
Six years after the Great Recession ended, the nation’s economic recovery remains tenuous. The hiring rate has weakened; the manufacturing sector continues its rapid decline; and the labor force has shrunk to its lowest level since the 1970s.
Yahoo! News 4/28/2015: Texas A&M Professor Fails Entire Class: Is this a Millennials Problem?
Texas A&M-Galveston Prof. Irwin Horwitz, has shaped many young minds in his 20 years of teaching at the university level.
Huffington Post 4/14/2015: Why Tech Companies and Community Colleges Should Form Deeper Partnerships
One of the most unfortunate misperceptions in higher education is the view of community colleges as second-rate.
WND 4/11/2015: America's Job Divide: Young vs. Old
Last month, the U.S. economy added a mere 126,000 jobs, the weakest growth in more than a year.
Fortune 4/8/2015: Why Women Need to Stop Holding Back at Work
Rejection will happen to all of us at some point, likely in both professional and personal pursuits.
Huffington Post 3/31/2015: How Tech CEOs Can Hold On To Millennial Moms and Dads
Who loves employee codes of conduct?
Forbes 3/17/2015: Are We Teaching Millennials to Be Amoral?
When technology industry veterans hear the word “millennials,” it’s usually in the context of millennials being new to the workforce and needing to adapt to corporate culture.
Forbes 3/11/2015: 6 Ways College Students Can Better Prepare For a Career in Business
While a college degree is important, a small slip of paper won’t completely prepare you for a career in business.
CIO 3/10/2015: How to Retain Millennial Workers
Millennials—once regarded as the job-hopping generation—may be shifting their attitudes on tenure in the workplace.
The Huffington Post 3/10/2015: 5 Reasons I'm Bullish About Millennials
By 2025, millennials will make up almost 75 percent of the global workforce. And while millennials have been stereotyped by some for having a "poor work ethic," the fact remains that millennials are tomorrow's workforce and an increasingly important part of today's workforce as well.
Job Market Monitor 3/4/2015: The Graduate Digital Skills Gap
According to a recent article in the Harvard Business Review, 96% of university chief academic officers believe their graduates have the requisite skills to enter the workforce.
Huffington Post 3/2/2015: Are We Killing the 9 to 5
Working from home (WFH): Some see it as a Netflix trap waiting to happen, others as an opportunity to work according to their own schedule, resulting in a more productive day.
Fortune 3/1/2015: The Perks of Hiring a Millennial
For those who believe the stereotype that millennials are “entitled,” this may seem like unnecessary advice. But entitled or not, I promise this advice will shape the direction of a millennial’s career.
Boston Herald 2/23/2015: Startups Innovate to Attract Young Talent
Constrained by limits on time, staff and money, many Bay State startups are relying on small meet-and-greet events to find top talent from Boston-area schools — students who might otherwise be lured away by larger companies here, in New York or in Silicon Valley.
The Muse 2/19/2015: The Death of the 9-to-5: 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.
CIO 2/13/2015: How to Help Millennials Shine in the Workplace
Millennials already make up a large part of the workforce and in 10 years they are expected to represent the majority of workers. In order to uncover this generation's full potential, businesses need to better understand its traits and work styles.
Centretown News 2/6/2015: Who's Next in the Unemployment Line?
Go to the websites of Carleton University or the University of Ottawa, and you'll read about the many advantages for students that come with living in the nation’s capital.
The Chronicle of Higher Education 1/20/2015: College Students Think They're Ready for the Work Force. Employers Aren't So Sure.
Ask soon-to-be college graduates whether they’re ready to enter the real world, and they’ll probably say yes.
Huffington Post 1/16/2015: Millennials Are Redefining Success- Why the Rest of Us Should Pay Attention
Sometimes stereotypes become so widely accepted that nobody takes a step back to actually examine the sweeping generalizations to see if they hold any truth. This is especially true of millennials.
Tech Cocktail 12/29/2014: Here's a Survival Guide for the Millennial Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is hot – and Millennials everywhere are choosing to take the entrepreneur route than the more traditionally popular course into corporate America.
Forbes 12/29/2014: 3 New Tech Tools that Bridge the Gap Between Employers and Workforce Newbies
Navigating the workforce is not a required subject at most colleges — and as many graduates begin their careers, it shows.
LinkedIn Pulse 12/28/2014: College Presidents & Boards of Trustees: Are You Listening to Your Customers?
25 surveys & reports that show employers, career center professionals, students, graduates, alumni, and legislatures expect CHANGE!
Entrepreneur 12/17/2014: How a Focus on the Triple Botoom Line is Captivating Young Workers
Millennials have been called the “me” generation, accused of being a little too focused on themselves. But is that really true?
Business News Daily 12/16/2014: 3 Millennial Myths Employers Still Believe
Think you've got your millennial employees figured out? You may not know them as well as you think.
Fast Company 12/15/2014: What Millennials Really Think About Work
A new study indicates that generation selfie is actually not obsessed with texting, and quality time with colleagues and bosses matters.
Glamour 12/9/2014: A Survival Guide to Working from Home With Your Significant Other
Are you reading this in yoga pants right now?
Millennial Magazine 12/1/2014: 5 Reasons Millennials Actually Prefer Talking Face-to-Face
When it comes to the workplace, millennials prefer connecting face to face. A Bentley University survey discovered that 51% of millennials prefer talking in person at the office.
NextShark 11/21/2014: Latest Millennial Report Says 50 Percent of Young People Think They Are Lazy
As the largest, most tech-savvy and educated generation, it’s no surprise that Millennials have the full attention of job markets everywhere.
Future of Work 11/20/2014: What do Millennials Think About Work?
So everyone is talking about millennials, and you may be getting sick of hearing about them - but with three-quarters of the global workforce due to be made up of millennials by the year 2025, it's no wonder professionals are trying to pin down this complex demographic.
Millionaire Corner 11/18/2014: The Millennial Mindset: Work and Career
A new Bentley University study both subverts and confirms popularly (or unpopularly) held perceptions of Millennials regarding work and career.
Boston.com 11/17/2014: The Society of Grownups Wants Millennials to Invest Wisely
Young adults, freshly unleashed upon the world, are rarely the target market for the financial industry, which trades on things like retirement and long-term security. But millennials, for lack of a better term, might take things to a whole other level.
Entrepreneur 11/16/2014: This Is How Millennials View Work (Infographic)
It's no secret that "millennial" is a somewhat loaded term that comes with a fair amount of contradictory baggage.
East Idaho News 11/14/2014: Young People are as Serious About Work as Older Generations
The big knock on millennials is that they feel an entitlement that other generations never did, particularly at the workplace.
Politico 11/13/2014: New numbers of college debt and pricing — Biden to talk career and technical education — Internships: Are they relevant? — School climate snapshots
Millennials get a bad rap for being glued to their phones, but a new survey released by Bentley University finds that 51 percent would rather talk with a colleague in person at work rather than email or text.
Career Sherpa 11/13/2014: Understanding Millennials- A New Study
Millennials often get a bad rap for being tech-obsessed, having an entitlement mind-set and poor work ethic. And while some of this might be true, there are other things you need to understand and appreciate about this generation of 18-34 year olds.
The Daily Free Press 11/13/2014: Survey Provides Insight Into How Millennials Perceive Work
As members of the Millennial Generation make their way through college and into the workforce in large numbers, a Tuesday study revealed millennials’ perspective toward work and tackled some of the stereotypes about the generation.
Bustle 11/12/2014: Millennials Prefer Texting, and Other Myths Debunked by a New Study on the Most Scrutinized Generation
We’ve all been exposed to the curmudgeonly rhetoric of numerous articles and studies done to show that millennials are apparently the worst generation to have ever existed on this planet, what with all the selfies and incessant texting and song quotes under instagram photos.
Boston Business Journal 11/12/2014: This Bentley Study Shows a Different Side of Millennials in the Workforce
The Bentley study summed up its findings with a what it described as a "clearer picture" of who the typical millennial is at work — passionate and responsible, craving personal communication, valuing praise and work-life balance, demonstrating ambition and entrepreneurship.
Fusion 11/12/2014: Millennials Overwhelmingly Share the Same Career Goal
Two-thirds of millennials say they want to start their own business, while just one quarter actually want to own their own company, and just one in eight aspire to be a CEO or company president, according to a new survey.
Forbes 11/12/2014: Study: Millennials Are The True Entrepreneur Generation
A new survey released today by Bentley University suggests that millennials sense that career success will require them to be more nimble, independent and entrepreneurial than past generations. If past generations dreamed of the prestige and perks that come with a corner office in the executive suite, the dream of the millennial generation (also known as Generation Y) appears somewhat different.
Slate 11/11/2014: Shocking Study Says Millennials Prefer Meat-World Tete-a-Tetes to Texting
Hark! It is time for more millennial-whispering.
BostInno 11/11/2014: What Millennials Think About Work Might Surprise You
Say what you will about millennials, the stereotypically pegged "Me Me Me Generation," but a new survey from Bentley University reveals you might have had it wrong all along.
New York Magazine 11/11/2014: No, Millennials Aren’t Weird Texting Aliens
A different, less rigorous explanation for the findings would make some sweeping statement about how millennials "lack loyalty" or have a short attention span" or whatever. Instead, the authors actually took millennials seriously as a generation and asked about the labor and economic forces they face.
Huffington Post 11/10/2014: Women in Business: Gloria Larson, President of Bentley University
Gloria Larson is the president of Bentley University in Waltham, Mass., and launched the PreparedU Project in 2013.
MediaPost 8/29/2014: 5 Management Lessons from Millennials
In the past decade and a half since Millennials first entered the job market, there has been a huge amount of scholarship and prose about how to more effectively manage Generation Y workers.
Fortune 7/21/2014: A Bootcamp for Unemployed Business Grads
Shortly after participating in a boot camp for unemployed graduates, Travis Stanley e-mailed a photo to his career advisor at Bentley University.
Training Industry 7/21/2014: Millennials Need Soft Skills Training
The millennials are here and they have a resume full of hard skills to offer.
PR Newswire 7/16/2014: Millennials May Be Ill-Prepared for Careers: Crowdfunding Campaign Aimed at Addressing Job Readiness, Developin 21st Century Career Planning Tools
As education continues to change, one grassroots organization is launching the Indigo Project, designed to empower young people to make the learning process more personalized and better aligned with future career planning.
OregonLive 7/5/2014: Millennials Have Challenges, but Not All are Slobs
Older writers find it fun to mock millennials as we slog through a downtrodden job market and earn twice the education our parents did, while completeing more internships and career training.
Fast Company: 6/30/2014: Five Ways Women Can Stick Together in the Workplace
The fact that many of us had to overcome significant hurdles as we banged our heads against the glass ceiling doesn't relieve us of the responsibility to help smooth the path for the women who come after us.
Washington Times: 6/30/2014: FEDEWA: The Preparedness Gap
A recent survey of 401 randomly selected human resource professionals by the Center for Professional Excellence (York College of Pennsylvania, 2013) reveals some uncomfortable information.
The Motley Fool 5/31/2014: The Surprising Reasons Working Women are Held Back
New research from Bentley University on Millennial women in the workplace shows that while they are as capable as men at decision-making and tend to shine in areas like communicating with others, as well as being generally more organized and better prepared for entering the workforce, women still lag behind men in key areas.
Women in Web 5/19/2014: Perceptions of Millennial Men and Women in the Workforce: Research from Bentley University
Although millennial women are seen as better job candidates and better prepared for their first jobs out of college, men are still viewed as better prepared for success in their careers overall, according to survey data released earlier this month by Bentley University that asked respondents for their views about recent college graduates.
CNBC 5/15/2014: Another Rude Awakening for Millennials
The job market finally seems to be looking up, and so are the hopes of college seniors.
Bizwomen 5/7/2014: Perception of Millennial Women: Fast Out of the Blocks, But...
Although millennial women are seen as better job candidates and better prepared for their first jobs out of college, men are still viewed as better prepared for success in their careers overall, according to a survey by Bentley University.
Fastweb 5/7/2014: Bentley Millennial Survey Reveals Men Seen as Better Prepared for Career Success
Gender equality. We've come a long way - or have we?
Boston Globe 5/7/2014: Women are More Skilled, but Men Seen as More Likely to Succeed, Study Shows
Women may have caught up in education, but men are still perceived as Most likely to Succeed in the workplace, according to a new Bentley University survey on career prospects of millennials (people born after 1980).
Bloomberg Radio 5/7/2014: Bloomberg Radio Broadcasts Live from Bentley Campus
Bloomberg Radio did a live broadcast on Wednesday, May 7 from 2:00 - 4:00pm from the Bentley Trading Room featuring a two-hour conversation focused on millennial women in the workplace and the perceptions, realities, and challenges they face – as well as a focus on solutions.
NBC News 5/2/2014: A Big Chill: Millennials Learning Harsh Reality of Workplace
Welcome to the working week!
CNBC 5/2/2014: What Millennials Don't Know About the Job Market
When Ben Carpenter's daughter Avery landed a dream job inbroadcasting not long after graduating college, the family was overjoyed.
BizEd Magazine 5/1/2014: Prepared for the Job
Are millennials prepared to enter the 21st century workforce?
KNX-AM 4/28/2014: PreparedU and Your Next Job with Steve Greenberg
Huffington Post 4/9/2014: From Generation to Generation We: How Millennials are Changing Business
Talk about harsh.
National Association of Colleges and Employers 4/2/2014: Bentley University Initiative Engages Stakeholders to Tackle Work Force Preparedness
Bentley University is spear-heading a research based, dialogue-driven initiative known as the PreparedU Project that is sparking a national discourse among key stakeholders to define work force preparedness and determine how these groups can successfully prepare college graduates for today's work force.
Money News 3/30/2014: Millennials Account for 23 Percent of Millionaires
Millennials, those born from the early 1980s to early 2000s, are often portrayed as struggling financially.
PayScale 3/26/2014: Higher Education Must be Held Accountable for Student Preparedness
There should be very littled debate about the importance and value of getting a college education today.
Marketplace 3/24/2014: Millennials at Work: Young and Callow, like their Parents
The generation now entering the work force, people in their late teens and early 20s, are consistnetly panned by many employers as not ready for the workplace.
New York Times 3/24/2014: Millennials at Work: Young and Callow, like their Parents
The generation now entering the work force, people in their late teens and early 20s, are consistnetly panned by many employers as not ready for the workplace.
HR.BLR.com 3/19/2014: 5 Social Media Lessons to Help HR Manage Millennials (and Bring Out their Best)
As millennials pour into the workforce, HR executives and business leaders are struggling to adapt their management strategies.
Business Review USA 3/17/2014: Top Tips for Training the Millennial Workforce
As the saying goes, life is what happens to you while you're looking at your smartphone.
Orange County Register 3/7/2014: Troy Senik: Millennials Face Double Jeopardy
In January, when a trio of Republican senators rolled out a sweeping proposal to overhaul Obamacare, one of the most noteworthy points about the reform package was an element of the Affordable Care Act that they opted not to change: the provision that allows "children" to stay on their parents' insurance until the age of 26.
Indystar 3/7/2014: Men Should Lean Out So Women Can Move Up at Work
Earlier this year, McKinsey & Co. published a survey of 1,400 managers revealing the female executives are just as ambitious as men.
Forbes 3/4/2014: Here's What You Need to Know About Millennials
No generation has been as publicly reviled, praised, misunderstood, and analyzed as the Millennials.
Your Success Now 2/19/2014: A Millennial's Thoughts on #PreparedU
Today the nature of work is drastically different than it was five years ago, and while students' views have changed with this shift, the majority of institutions preparing them to enter the workforce have not.
Al Jazeera America TV 2/18/2014: PreparedU Survey Featured on Al Jazeera America TV
Psycholgy Today 2/15/2014: Why We Need to Rescue Liberal Arts Education for Prosperity
The recent economic dowturn, Wall Street debcale and string of ethical and moral scandals surrounding a number of prominent business leaders has lead some observers to question the value and focus of vocationally oriented, pragmatic education programs such as business education and, particularly the MBA.
Black Enterprise 2/7/2014: Millennial Perceptions: Survey Reveals Negative Views of Young Professional Preparedness
It can sometimes seem like young professionals just can't get a break.
The Daily Free Press 2/2/2014: Graduate and Employer Definitions of 'Prepared' Differ, Study Suggests
As millennials forge through the post-college career crawl, a recent study suggests they may lack the preparedness employers look for in thier respective fields.
WTOP Radio 2/2/2014: Business Leaders Say Millennials Have 'Preparedness Gap'
Despite having a degree in hand, employers cite a lack of work ethic, hard skills and preparednessfor their reluctance in hiring millennials fresh out of college, according to a new study.
EdSurge 1/31/2014: Pinpointing the 'Prepareation Gap' Between Employers and Graduates
"Before anything else, preparation is key to success," Alexander Graham Bell once said.
Washington Post 1/29/2014: Won't Work Hard? Won't Pay Their Dues? How Business Leaders See Their Young Workers
In a study released Tuesday, nearly 70 percent of corporate recruiters said that their company has a hard time managing its younger generation of workers.
Forbes 1/29/2014: Study: Millennials' Work Ethic is in the Eye of the Beholder
No, millennials aren't being paranoid.
The Financial Times 1/29/2014: The Surprising Reason College Grads Can't Get a Job
Nearly everyone agrees that recent college graduates are having an inordinately tough time finding work almost five years after the end of the Great Recession.
So-Called Millennial 1/29/2014: Are #Millennials Prepared for the Workforce? Join the Discussion #PreparedU
It's a questions that's been eluded to, or down-right called out in headlines over the last few years.
Business Insider 1/29/2014: 5 Ways to Better Prepare Students for the Business World
In a new survey commissioned by Bentley University, 58% of respondents, including business decision makers, recruiters, and students, gave recent college graduates a letter grade of "C" or lower on their preparedness for their first jobs.
Inside Higher Ed 1/29/2014: Preparedness Paradoxes
New survey discovers disagreement among students, businesses and college leaders over whether and how recent grads are prepared for work.
Forbes 1/29/2014: Three Ways to Redesign Your Office for Millennial Workers
Digital natives. The term alone signifies just how different the millennials entering the workforce are to any group that has come before them.
BostInno 1/29/2014: We Aren't Doing Enough from Millennials, but Bentley has a Plan to Change That
With college tuition at an all-new high and student debt piling up, most college students can't afford not to have job right after graduation.
Inc. 1/29/2014 : Millennials and Business Leaders Agree on this Surprising Fact
Trope has it that business leaders hesitate to hire millennials because they are concerned about just how prepared today's recent grads are for the workplace.
Forbes 1/28/2014: Study: Millennials and Employers Disagree on Path to Success
Against the foreboding backdrop of a soft job market and economic uncertainty, a war of generations continues to be fought in the American workplace.
TSP UK 1/27/2014: The Power of the Millennial Workforce
Some 81 million children have been born into the millennial generation, and those born between 1980 and 2000 who are categorised by their digital prowess are now oozing into the workplace, reconfiguring business dynamics and workplace environments.
Forbes 12/31/2013: What Higher Ed Wishes Businesses Knew
My recent post on millennials in the workplace seemed to deeply resonate with many of you.
Forbes 12/5/2013: Study Reveals Surprising Facts About Millennials in the Workplace
By 2025, millennials, also known as Gen Y or thos born in the 80's or 90's, will make up the majority of the workforce.
Fast Company 12/3/2013: Why Everyone is Wrong About Working with Millennials
Millennials aren't as lazy and entitled as they're made out to be.
The Wall Street Journal 11/6/2013: Bentley University Tries to Make Business and Liberal Arts Pay Off
Colleges are in the cross hairs of a debate over the relative value of a liberal arts education versus a business degree.