November 20, 2009

Millennials and technology shake up workplaces

Move over baby boomers, the millennials are ready to flood the workforce and are bringing with them all kinds of new requests and expectations that are apparently testing the boundaries of the traditional office.

Writer Ron Alsop has spent years researching and ranking business schools for the Wall Street Journal. His book, “The Trophy Kids Grow Up: How the Millennial Generation is Shaking Up the Workplace,” explores the common thread that ties together a two-decade-long generation of entitled but altruistic, tech-savvy multitaskers.

“About four years ago, I kept hearing more about the millennial generation,” he said.

The group was just reaching…

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