Nine Tips For Millennials To Be Taken More Seriously At Work

The Millennial Generation Struggles

With Being Taken Seriously At Work.

Who Is The Millennial

Generation, Also Known as Generation Y?

Millennial Generationborn 1981 - 2001

What Events Shaped The Millennials?

Millennial Generation

• Events that shaped them– 9/11– AIDS epidemic– Obama presidential

campaign– Wars in Iraq and

Afghanistan– Social media– Reality TV

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What Are Some Traits of the Millenials?

Generation Y

• Traits– Digital natives– Global citizens– Embrace

diversity– Value work/life

balance– Value

community, connection

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Millennials Are Also: - Lazy - Entitled - High-Maintenance - In Need of Hand-Holding - Unwilling To Pay Their Dues

Right?

Millennials Are Also: - Lazy - Entitled - High-Maintenance - In Need of Hand-Holding - Unwilling To Pay Their Dues

WRONG

These Stereotypes Can Make it Difficult For Millennials To Be Treated Seriously At

Work

9 Tips for Millennials Who Want To Be

Taken More Seriously at Work

1. Let people talk about themselves and listen to them

carefully.

2. Work on tone, grammar and

overall rhetoric. Edit ruthlessly.

3. Know what’s going on in the

world.

4. Be both humble and confident.

5. Brush up on business etiquette.

Dress like a professional.

6. Display accountability.

7. Show conviction. Don’t always say

yes.

8. Keep posture open and upright.

9. Be way more prepared than you think you need to be. Every time.

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