Tag: Generation Y

Phone Friends: Headed toward Extinction?

Published: March 23, 2011 | Last Updated: March 23, 2011 By | 10 Replies Continue Reading

Be honest. Do you cringe when the phone rings? Check Caller ID and get annoyed when someone, even your BFF, calls when you’re in the middle of something? Prefer talking when YOU want to rather than when SHE wants to? Do you send a quick text or email with the hopes of avoiding a lengthy […]

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Generation Y Moms: Log on to connect to other moms

Published: September 18, 2008 | Last Updated: April 2, 2016 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

Gen Y moms (born between 1982 and 1995), AKA  babies of baby boomers) are pushing the digital envelope. Compared to Gen X moms before them, they are more likely to use the internet to form bonds with one another to hone their parenting skills. A research brief on MediaPost draws distinctions between the way the […]

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Working friendly, working smart

Published: November 10, 2007 | Last Updated: April 2, 2016 By | Reply Continue Reading

Gallup researcher Tom Rath says that friend-friendly workplaces are more apt to spur energy, creativity, and productivity. In his book, Vital Friends: The People You Can’t Afford to Live Without (Gallup Press, 2006), Rath notes that employees who have a best friend at work are seven times more likely to be engaged in their jobs. […]

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