Podcast thoughts

Listening to another Recruiting @animal podcast right now. And they are grilling this Gen Y wannabe marketing person @lexiKubrak. I find it really strange when one person starts to generalize from her point of view based only on what she saw in her circle or what the professors sold to her during school.  Seriously there are different classes within a society and gen Y experience is not universal. I would say that it not productive to generalize like that. It would serve better to stick to social classes and consider the age, not the generation. For example, lower to middle class university grad most likely held a McJob during university and accumulated plenty of retail experience, where as someone from the upper class may have more internship experience and great connections. It’s clear that each party has certain strengths and you really need to recognize them and try to capitalize on that.

If you are stuck in the job search rot answer these questions:

-       Who did you talk with yesterday about your job search?

-       Who are you talking with tomorrow about your job search?

-       How much time are you committing to a job search? If you want a full time job you should commit full time hours during the search to find employment.