2007/10/24 Gen Y Tech Savvy, But Not Interested in a Career


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Gen Y Tech Savvy, But Not Interested in a Career

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday October 24, @10:41AM
from the why-when-i-was-that-age dept.

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jcatcw writes “Young people aren’t choosing computer science majors because they take technology for granted — it’s something to use not something to make a career. “By and large, this generation is very fluent with technology and with a networked world,” according to James Ware, executive producer at The Work Design Collaborative LLC, a Berkeley, Calif., consortium exploring workplace values and the future of the workforce. That future may be in managing technology, which requires skills today’s college students don’t have: writing, critical thinking, hard work and just plain showing up. One of their primary concerns is a flexible schedule and healthy work/life balance.”


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