TALKIN’ ABOUT MY

GENERATION

Generations Defined

Generation: A group of generally contemporaneous individuals regarded as having common cultural or social characteristics and attitudes

THE GREATEST GENERATION

Named by Tom Brokaw

“It is, I believe, the greatest generation any society has ever produced."

Born 1900- 1924

The Generation in one photo

Silent Generation

1925-1942 Born during the depression all the way

to the start of the World War II The Generation that fought in the

Korean War and some also fought in the Vietnam War.

Baby Boomers

1942 (ish)-1964 Large population spike “The pig in the python” At the peak in 1957, a baby was born

every 8 minutes in the U.S.

Baby Boomer Time Line

1945-1947 - World War II veterans return home from Europe and the Pacific in droves. The wounded had begun returning earlier.

July 27, 1953 - Korean War ends and veterans return home. May 17, 1954 – Supreme Courtdesegregates schools in

Brown V Board of Education. Boomers are the first elementary school generation to attend integrated schools.

June 23, 1960 - The FDA approves an oral contraceptive, Enovid (The Pill), for sale in the U.S.

1964-1975 – Vietnam War, the war boomers fought in and protested against. The average age of combat soldiers is 19.

Summer 1967 - The "Summer of Love" and the hippie counterculture of sex, drugs and rock n roll.

Time Line Continued 1968 - Women's Liberation and the feminist movement begins. The

oldest boomers are 22. August 15-18, 1969 - Woodstock, a music festival in Bethel, New York

takes place, where more than 400,000 people attended and more than 30 acts perform.

December 1, 1969 - The first Selective Service lottery since 1942 is held. The lottery is for armed forces inductees for 1970. Only males 18-26 are eligible. September 14 is drawn first. The oldest the boomers are 23.

January 22, 1973 – Roe V Wade makes abortion legal in the U.S. March 12, 1975 - The last Selective Service lottery. The oldest boomers

are 29. The system is suspended on April 1 and registration for the draft is suspended in January 1976.

1979 - The year the U.S. divorce rate peaks. There are 2,331,000 marriages and 1,181,000 divorces, according to the U.S. Census, and the first of the boomers turn 33. Thirty years later, 39% of boomers have been divorced and the national divorce rate is declining.

Boomer Time Line July 1980 - Selective Service registration is revived for

all males born 1960 and later. The youngest of the boomers will be 16 by year's end.

March 9, 1983 - Legislation passes raising the retirement age, with full Social Security benefits, from 65 to 67 to begin in 2000.

January 20, 1993 – Bill Clinton(August 19, 1946), is sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States, the first boomer in the White House.

January 1, 1996 - The first of the baby boomers turn 50. January 1, 2011 - The first of the boomers turns 65.

Approximately two-thirds of all seniors 65 and over and 60% of those 50-64 have at least one chronic disease.

Boomer Terps

RID founded 1964 at Ball State University.

PL 94-192 F.A.P.E Free and Appropriate Public Education. The Rise of Mainstreaming the start of

the fall of Residential Schools Terps are almost exclusively community

trained.

Generation X

Gen X

1965-1980 The name was based on a book

Generation X Tales of an acellerated Culture By Douglas Coupland

There is also the sub generatation from 1975-1985 called the MTV Generation

Gen X Traits Values   Contribution Feedback and recognition Autonomy

Attributes

Adaptability Independence

Traits Continued Work style High-quality end results Productivity Balance between work and life—work to live not live to

work Flexible work hours/job sharing appealing Free agents See self as a marketable commodity Comfortable with authority but not impressed with titles Technically competent Internal promotion Ethnic diversity

Gen X Terps

The oldest accredited ITP still open started in 1979 at the University of New Hampshire

Interpreting goes from Job to Career

ADA passes opening up the profession.

Introduction to “Book Learnin’ Interpreters”

Defining Events1. Fall of the Berlin Wall

2. Challenger disaster

3. Energy crisis

4. Jonestown mass suicide

5. Rise of the personal computer

6. Watergate scandal

7. Lockerbie flight bombing

8. Three Mile Island meltdown

9. Corporate layoffs

10.Rodney King beating

11.Iranian hostage crisis

12.Stock market decline

13.Exxon Valdez oil tanker spill

14.Operation Desert Storm

15.Terrorism at the Munich Olympics

“As the expression goes, we spend our youth attaining wealth, and our wealth attaining youth.” ― Douglas Coupland, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture

Millennials

The Gen Y or “Millennials” label broadly applies to Americans born between 1978 and 2002.

Who are Gen Y and how does it affect me?

They’re the fastest growing segment of the work force.

The people we’re working with

They’re the one’s hiring us.

They make up a large portion of our clientele

They’re the decision makers who we will be in charge in the next 20 years

They are estimated to be the majority of the work force by 2025

Generation Y – according to the experts

They are the generation that has been infused with the idea that they can be anything they imagine. They have accelerated this idea into a way of life.

Their determination is to live their best lives now

They're young, smart, brash. They may wear flip-flops to the office or listen to iPods at their desk.

They want to work, but they don't want work to be their life.

Generation Screwed?

Overall the young suffer stubbornly high unemployment rates—and an even higher incidence of underemployment

The wealth gap today between younger and older Americans now stands as the widest on record.

One key reason: their indebted parents are not leaving their jobs, forcing younger people to put careers on hold.

Diverse Origins Generation Y is the most diverse generation in

history. Members are born to the most diverse mix of

parents in history as well from teenagers to middle-aged moms who postponed

childbearing to establish a career from Boomers to Xers.

One third of this generation was born to single, unwed mothers.

This generation is less white than any generation in our history

Gen X vs. Gen Y (core value differences)

Generation Y Born 1978 -1989 75 Million Celebrate Diversity Optimistic/realistic Self-Inventive/individualistic Rewrite the rules Killer Lifestyle Irrelevance of institutions Internet Assume technology Multitask fast Nurtured Friends = family

Generation X Born 1965-1978 51 Million Accept diversity Pragmatic/Practical Self reliant/Individualistic Reject rules Killer life Mistrust institutions PC Use technology Multitask Latch-key kids Friends — not family

About Milliennal Workers High Expectations of Self High Expectations of Employers

Fair and Direct Managers who are highly engaged in professional development

Immediate Responsibility They want to make an important impact on Day 1

Goal Oriented They want small goals with tight deadlines so they can build up

ownership of tasks Work/Life balance isn’t a buzzword

They’re more interested in their careers accommodating their family and personal lives

Will take lower paying jobs if ‘flexibility/tele-commuting’ is an option

More on Gen Y workers Change

A generation of multi-taskers They don’t like to stay on any one project or at any one career or

company for too long.

Technology It’s assumed that your company will have everything they need They lean towards ‘virtual problem solving’.

Feedback and Recognition Gen Yers have grown up getting constant feedback and

recognition from teachers, parents and coaches They’ve been receiving trophy’s and awards just for participating

since birth and can resent it or feel lost if communication from bosses isn't more regular.

Previous generations have become accustomed to the annual review process and this isn’t enough for Gen Y’ers

Mentoring and Managing a Gen X vs. Gen Y

Gen X - Mentoring Do’s

Casual, Friendly work environment

Involvement Flexibility and

Freedom A place to learn

Gen Y - Mentoring Do’s Structured, supportive

work environment Personalized work Interactive

relationships Constant feedback Flexibility Be prepared for

demands, high expectations

On Being Green

Because of their strong relationship with technology and the Internet, this generation is more aware of the world.

Much higher incidents of volunteering and of non-profits started by people under the age of 30 A Survey done by CSSM of 2300 Gen Y’ers showed that 81% had

volunteered within the last year. The same survey for Gen X showed that 13% had volunteered within the

last year.

A survey of over 260,000 students at 358 U.S. colleges and universities suggest that 66 percent of freshman believe it is essential to assist people in difficulty and found that feelings of civic and social responsibility were the highest that they have been in 25 years.

Characteristics They want to change the world, and they think they can do it. They want to tell you what they think and they expect you to

listen to them. Work means more than a paycheck. They also want to make

a difference. As the first generation to be born into the Internet Age, they

are very tech savvy and like to use it while multitasking. The environment is very important to them. They feel their greatest contributions can be through their

knowledge - not their wallets. They are our country’s most culturally diverse generation and

want to live in diverse neighborhoods They think like entrepreneurs, but consider relationships more

important than making money.

iDeaf Generation

They are the combination of Gen X and Y

The first generation mainstreamed Residential Schools have less of an

impact on the community English’s bombardment of ASL is

increased due to less native signers as language models

ADA

They are the first generation with entitlements

Interpreting as a career grows. ITP trained interpreters flood the

profession. ITP trained interpreters change the

existing interpreting culture with rules and structure often by being outsiders in the community

Technology

Phone accessibility via relay services Video Phones Cell phones and portable

communication devices. Social Media influences daily

communication on a personal and professional level.