Plugged In The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work
Plugged In: The Generation Y Guide to Thriving at Work by Tamara Erickson, published by Harvard Business Review Press on October 7, 2008, is an illustrated edition comprising 304 pages. This book addresses the unique characteristics and aspirations of Generation Y, those born after 1980, as they enter the workforce. Erickson explores how this generation can leverage their strengths to navigate professional relationships and define their own success in a rapidly changing work environment.
Readers will find a comprehensive framework designed to help Generation Y make informed career choices, highlighting the distinctive assets they bring to the workplace. The book also examines the perspectives of older generations, such as X’ers and Boomers, and offers strategies for effective collaboration across age groups. With insights drawn from extensive research into demographic trends, Plugged In serves as a valuable resource for young professionals seeking to understand their role in the business landscape and to shape their careers.
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They make up nearly one-third of all Americans living today. Born after 1980, they’re now pouring into the work world with values, aspirations, and approaches that differ markedly from their parents–and coworkers. They’re Generation Y.
In Plugged In, Tamara Erickson shows Gen Y’s how to use their own unique strengths to understand and influence their professional relationships, to figure out how they define “success,” and to help them find their way in the changing workplace.
Filled with Erickson’s extensive research into demographic trends and thoughtful insights, Plugged In gives Gen Y’s the information they crave to connect with the working world and to craft the lives they want.
The author reveals:
· A framework Y’s can use to develop their own criteria for making career choices
· The unique assets and strengths Y’s bring to the workplace
· How X’ers and Boomers view Generation Y and how the different generations can collaborate more effectively at work
· 10 rules that can help Generation Y’s succeed in the corporate world
With her trademark warmth and liveliness, Erickson provides a thoughtful, valuable guidebook for the latest newcomers on the corporate scene.
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