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  • May 2008

    • Why Gen Xers Hate Corporate Jobs

      newser  |  BusinessWeek  |  May 21, 08 9:04 AM CDT

      Why Gen Xers Hate Corporate Jobs

      Generation Xers don't seem to be clambering to the top of the corporate ladder in the numbers they should be—and many are turned off by corporate life altogether. BusinessWeek has 10 reasons why this might be so: Xers started their careers just as the economy went into its early '90s tailspin Remembered big corporate layoffs has given Xers a strong distrust of large institutions Xers like keeping their options open and don't want to be funneled into narrow career paths The economy is slowing again, just as Xers are reaching upper management Xers are struggling to manage the "pesky" Generation Y strivers coming up   More »

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      Generation X  • corporate culture  • Baby Boom generation  • Generation Y  • generation gap  • management

    • Philly Best for Young Grads

      newser  |  MSNBC  |  May 1, 08 8:29 PM CDT

      Philly Best for Young Grads

      Cheesesteaks aren’t the only things luring young people to the City of Brotherly Love, MSNBC reports. A survey by Apartments.com and Careerbuilder that factors in the cost of apartments, job opportunities, and the number of 20-somethings, puts Philadelphia—$962 for a one-bedroom compared with $1,520 in NYC— atop its list. The rest of the top 10: More »

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      Los Angeles  • Chicago  • New York  • Detroit  • Boston  • Philadelphia  • Atlanta  • housing  • Houston  • Dallas  • Phoenix  • Generation Y  • college graduates

  • April 2008

    • Author Just Talking 'Bout X Generation

      newser  |  Time  |  Apr 18, 08 1:07 PM CDT

      Author Just Talking 'Bout X Generation

      Between the stuck-in-the-'60s boomers and their blog-happy offspring is a mighty yet forgotten generation, Jeff Gordinier writes in his new book, X Saves the World: How Generation X Got the Shaft But Can Still Keep Everything From Sucking . From less Dylan to more Cobain, the author wants the "dark-horse generation" born between 1965 and 1980 to get the credit it's due. More »

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      Generation X  • baby boomers  • generation gap  • Generation Y

  • December 2007

    • China Faces Baby Boomlet

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Dec 14, 07 4:31 PM CST

      China Faces Baby Boomlet

      China is bracing for a bumper crop of babies as kids born after the relaxation of the strict one-child policy in 1984 start their own families, the London Times reports. Strict penalties still apply to couples with more than one child, but tradition-bound and wealthy Chinese can afford to pay the price to have a son. More »

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      China  • one child policy  • overpopulation  • Generation Y  • little emperors

  • November 2007

    • Passé the Turkey

      newser  |  Christian Science Monitor  |  Nov 21, 07 3:07 PM CST

      Passé the Turkey

      Don't expect the kids home for Thanksgiving. Young adults are increasingly spending the holiday with their buddies instead of their families, the Christian Science Monitor reports, due in large part to the longer distances between where Gen-Yers live and where they were raised. A 2006 poll found 8% of Americans took the turkey-with-friends route last year. More »

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      family  • Thanksgiving  • Generation Y

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