We’ve heard it before – young people are the future of work. Coming into workplaces with their high comfort level with tech and mobile devices, and armed with their demands to work whenever,
Published on: November 5th, 2014 Candice So @candice_so
How many times have we heard people complain about millennials wanting constant feedback at work? But is this really what they want? Take a step back and consider that maybe this is a
Published on: April 3rd, 2014 Ayelet Baron @ayeletb
The younger the attention span, the more likely it is to be grabbed by advertising on social media, a new study shows. Members of Generation Y are most likely to click on an
With nearly 2.5 million fans on Facebook, 48,000 followers on Twitter and a prolific output of videos on YouTube, the mobile telecoms group Nokia is a company that seems to know what makes
Published on: January 10th, 2011 Tosin Sulaiman @itbusinessca
We can talk on and on about enterprise software ROI, TCO, upgrades, integration, delivery models, SaaS vs. on-premise, maintenance fees, but we tend to forget about usability. As in, are the employees who
Published on: November 4th, 2009 Thomas Wailgum @itbusinessca
Social networks including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn have enabled everyone to become instant publishers. As a result, the content attached to our names will continue to shape perceptions of us both professionally and
When Bill Horne sauntered into an evening meet-and-greet being held by a local packaging company in search of fresh IT talent, the retired computer engineer knew his chances of leaving the event with
Published on: February 18th, 2009 Cindy Waxer @itbusinessca
Approximately 69 per cent of the more than 1,000 people surveyed in Freedom to Compute: The Empowerment of Generation Y said they regard themselves as highly proficient computer users. This was particularly true
Published on: February 1st, 2009 Shane Schick @ShaneSchick
When it comes to attitudes to life and work, we're moving from a "do anything" work ethic to a "you've got to be kidding" attitude. Gen Y workers don't want to give their
Published on: October 9th, 2008 Vawn Himmelsbach @itbusinessca
Like most generations before it, Generation Y - those born between roughly 1982 and 2002 - has been stereotyped based on a cultural change identified with its era. In this case, the group
Published on: September 18th, 2008 Heather Havenstein @itbusinessca
Technology portability and environmental integrity will feature prominently in the office of the future - and technological advances are now making that possible. Small, dispersed workspaces, more mobile employees and a changing business
Published on: September 12th, 2008 Vawn Himmelsbach @itbusinessca
Also known as Millennials, this group consists of nearly 80 million individuals born roughly between 1979 and 1999. They are the workforce of the future. But what will it take to attract and
Published on: June 29th, 2008 Katherine Spencer Lee @itbusinessca
Facing a potential onslaught of baby boomer retirements and a smaller pool of Generation X employees to replace them, IT managers who want to create or sustain a Best Place to Work environment
Published on: June 27th, 2008 Katherine Spencer Lee and Virginia Robbins @itbusinessca
Like every generation, Gen Y is subject to its share of myths and stereotypes as it enters the IT workforce. Sometimes painted as privileged, technology-obsessed individuals who avoid face-to-face interaction, Millennial workers actually
Published on: April 29th, 2008 Katherine Spencer Lee @itbusinessca
