The lack of confidence in the US real estate industry is apparent across the entire country. Even recession proof areas such as Washington DC are experiencing some slowdown. Some analysts have placed faith on Gen Y, the echo boomers, to be the saving grace of the market. Gen Y has close to 80 million in …
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Ask an Echo Boomer
We have added a new page and forum topic to the site that allows the public to ask questions to be answered by someone from Gen Y. If you have a question (example, “why do echo boomers like iPod and iPhones so much” or “what can my company do to retain Generation Y employees”), this …
Gen Y: What is Most Important in Life?
This poll is to judge what is important in life for Gen Y. Is Generation Y more relaxed, ambitious, greedy, egotistical, or just plain balanced? Please feel free to cast your vote if you are from Gen Y (born in 80s and 90s), comment, or join the discussion in the forum on why you chose …
Generation Y: Assertive with High Standards in the Workplace
While some have dubbed Generation Y as being lazy with a sense of self-entitlement, these are just misunderstandings and baseless generalizations made by older generations. From the Millennials point of view, the world is held to a high set of standards which is inherited perspective passed down from the parents and reinforced by society’s culture. …
Date/Age Range of Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y
Here is the date range comparison between these 3 generations. Note that the start and end date are debatable. As I said in a previous post, generations don’t end with black and white borders. They fade into one another, so you will see an overlap of age. Without further adieu, here are the ranges: Baby …
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