workforce boulder county
TRANSCRIPT
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Transition, Transform, Transcend Workforce Boulder County
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Transition, Transform, Transcend
Transition: Process of Change
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Transition
Our emotional reaction and attitude we use in deciding to resist, accept, or adapt to change
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Transform: Change Something Dramatically
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Transcend: Going Beyond a Limit
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Introductions
• On the back of your nametag write two things
▫ The occupation you are targeting today
▫ Something interesting about yourself that people don’t know about you
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Introduction Process
• Go around and exchange nametags
• Talk to each person for a few minutes about
each other’s interesting information.
• Your goal is to meet everyone.
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Introductions
• Name
• Occupation
• Interesting fact about the person
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Employer’s View
• If you were an employer and an older worker
applied for a job:
• What are the strengths they might bring?
• What are the concerns you might have?
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Discrimination Exercise
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The Job Search Has Changed
Then…
•Newspaper •Word of mouth •Paper resume •Paper applications •More personal •Less diversity •Experience valued •Age an asset
Now…
•Networks •Social Media •LinkedIn profile •Applicant tracking systems •Less personal •More diversity •Contributions valued •Age a liability
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The New Normal The way more companies are hiring has changed.
Job Boards are still being used by larger organizations or those with little understanding of the new normal of recruiting utilizing social media and networks.
However, most organizations are shifting towards using social media and industry groups to keep costs lower and the outcome more focused, faster and efficient.
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Your Reaction
• What stood out to you? • How does this video affect you?
• What is your response to this video? • What is your attitude toward this information?
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Video
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Lunch Time!
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Review
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Four Generations
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The Veterans
• Born between 1922-1945 • Currently 69 - 92 years of age
• Represent small % of the workforce
• Also known as the seniors,
traditionalists, silent generation
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The Baby Boomers
Born between 1946-1964
Currently 50 – 68 years of age
Represent less than 50% of the workforce
Also known as: Boomers
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The Generation X
• Born between 1965-1981
• Currently 34 – 49 years of age • Represents less than 50% of the
workforce
• Also known as: X’ers, Baby Busters, Post-Boomers
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The Generation Y • Born between 1981 - 2000
• 33 years of age and younger
• Represents a rapidly growing % of the
workforce; 75% by 2025
• Also known as the Millennials
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The Four Generations
• The Veterans
• The Boomers
• Generation X
• Generation Y
• 1922 - 1945
• 1946 - 1964
• 1965 - 1981
• 1981 - 2000
• Mid 30’s – Mid 50’s
• Mid 50’s – Mid 70’s
• Mid 70’s – Early 90’s
• Early 90’s – Now
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Generational Differences Activity Divide into groups For the generations you are given, write down
what you know about each generation For each generation think of Influential People Music Technology Attitudes Quotes Historical Events
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Veterans: Defining Events
• The Great Depression & Dust Bowl • The New Deal • Social Security Established • Golden Age of Radio • Pearl Harbor Attacked • WW II and Korean War • Patriotism • Rise of Labor Unions
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Veterans: Heroes • Superman • MacArthur, Patton, Halsey,
Montgomery, Eisenhower • FDR • Winston Churchill • Audie Murphy • Babe Ruth • Joe DiMaggio
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Veterans: Values
• Dedication/ • sacrifice • Law and order • Strong work
ethic • Risk averse • Respect for
authority
• Patience • Delayed reward • Duty, honor,
country • Loyalty to the
organization
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Boomers: Defining Events • Economic Prosperity • Expansion of Suburbia • Television • Vietnam • Assassinations • Civil Rights Movement • Cold War/McCarthy Hearings • Space Race/Moon Landing • The Pill
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Boomers: Heroes
• Gandhi • Martin Luther King Jr. • John and Jacqueline Kennedy • John Glenn
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Boomers: Values • Optimism • Team work • Personal
gratification • Health and
wellness
• Promotion and recognition
• Youth • Work • Volunteerism
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Gen X: Defining Events • Watergate, Nixon resigns • Challenger Disaster • Single-parent homes • Sony Walkman • Video games • Computers • Latchkey Kids • MTV • AIDS • Valdez Oil Spill
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Gen X: Heroes
•Michael Jordan •Ronald Reagan
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Gen X: Values
• Diversity • Thinking globally • Balance in life • Computer literacy • Personal
development
• Fun • Informality • Independence • Initiative
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Gen Y: Defining Events • 9/11 • Columbia tragedy • Cell phones & MP3s • Social Media • TV Talk Shows • Multiculturalism • Desert Storm • Clinton Scandals • Schoolyard Violence • Oklahoma City Bombing
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Gen Y: Heroes
• Nelson Mandela • Princess Diana • Mother Teresa • Bill Gates • Christopher Reeve • Bill Clinton (before scandal) • Britney Spears
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Gen Y: Values
• Optimism • Confidence • Ambition/
achievement • Technology • Money for
Immediate Consumption
• Education • Idealism • Fun • Diversity
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Discussion Questions • One set of generational values is better than the
others. • Agree/Disagree • Why?
• Every generation has strengths and differences.
In that way we are all alike. • Agree/Disagree • Why?
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The Way They See the World Veterans Boomers Gen X Gen Y
Outlook Practical Optimistic Skeptical Hopeful
Work ethic Dedicated Driven Balanced Determined
View of authority
Respectful Love/Hate - Question it
Unimpressed Irrelevant
Leadership by Hierarchy Consensus Competence Pulling together
Relationships Personal sacrifice
Personal gratification
Reluctance to commit
Inclusive
Turnoffs Vulgarity Political incorrectness
Cliché, hype Intolerance
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Changes in the Workplace
• Worldwide economy • Rapid change in the workplace • Downsizing of companies • Mergers, acquisitions, consolidations • Elimination of middle management • Less union activity in companies • Seniority only one element of
promotion • Technology
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The Result:
No job is safe, and no career assured. Causes employees to identify more with
their generation and blame other generations for workplace problems and issues. The real generational workplace conflict
is based on differences in ambitions, views, mindsets, and demographics.
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Perspective
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one
that comes after it.” George Orwell, English Novelist and Essayist, 1903-1950
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Veterans at Work Assets
• Stable • Detail oriented • Thorough • Loyal • Hard working
Liabilities • Inept w/ambiguity
and change • Reluctant to buck the
system • Uncomfortable with
conflict • Reticent when they
disagree
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Boomers at Work Assets
• Service oriented • Driven • Willing to “go the
extra mile” • Good at
relationships • Want to please • Good team players
Liabilities Uncomfortable with
conflict Reluctant to go against
peers Put process ahead of
results Sensitive to feedback Judgmental of those
who see things differently
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Gen X at Work Assets
• Adaptable • Techno-literate • Independent • Not intimidated
by authority • Creative
Liabilities • Impatient • Poor people skills • Cynical
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Gen X at Work
Tips for working with Gen X • Respect their skepticism • Know they expect change and handle it
well • Realize they focus on career security
not job security • Create opportunities for work-life
balance
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Gen Y at Work
Assets • Loyalty • Optimism • Tolerant • Multi-tasking • Fast-thinking • Technological
savvy
Liabilities • Need for
supervision and structure
• Inexperience, particularly with handling different people issues
• Service levels are low
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Gen Y at Work
Tips for working with Gen Y • Understand their need to collaborate • Focus on how they can make a
difference • They need to be supported and
appreciated • Keep work flexible and interesting; be
content with results, not hours worked
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Generational Differences
What did you learn from this activity?
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Transition, Transform, Transcend
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”
Anonymous
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The Make or Break Attitude
THOUGHTS + FEELINGS =
REACTION
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What to do from here:
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Package The New You • Take time to think about what you’d REALLY
like to do. • Specialize in an area that is sought after in the
marketplace. • Reframe your experience to demonstrate future
value. • Target small to mid-sized companies needing
your broad skill sets. • Update your clothes and hair cut.
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Package The New You • Embrace technology and update computer skills. • Maintain positive high energy. • Befriend a Gen X and Gen Y; be interested in
what music, websites, and media they are most involved with.
• Don’t wear your age or experience as a badge of honor.
• Network – LinkedIn, Meetups, Networking groups, and face-to-face.
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In general…
• Focus your campaign on how you can either make or save your next employer money or how you can solve their problems.
• Accept and adapt to changing workplace culture and attitudes.
• Appear current • Update your resume & cover letter • Professional & polished presentation
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Life Reimagined
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Generational Differences
Litany to Honor Aging
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Evaluations