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the positives of gen y

By Jen Carpenter - What is Gen Y? If you ask a Baby Boomer or member of Generation X, chances are you'll get an answer that has a negative connotation. That's mostly because there are so many myths and stereotypes floating around about Gen Y that nobody knows what to believe. How can Gen Y contribute positively to your workforce? That's a question that unfortunately doesn't get asked very often. Older generations are too focused on the fact that most Gen Ys operate differently when it comes to style, communication and work conditions that they forget to search out the positives of our behavior. I keep coming across articles that try to define Gen Y as some sort of anti-work culture. Granted, most Gen Ys are pretty young and mostly inexperienced, but that doesn't mean we don't know what we're doing or that we don't have goals of our own. Sometimes I think the older generations forget that they had to start out somewhere, too.