Millennials

Society Will Become Even More Unequal When Our Parents Die

The so-called "inheritance boom" for millennials is nothing to celebrate<p>Somewhere between forcing Chocolate Orange segments down your claggy throat and panic-buying New Year’s Eve tickets, you may have seen the news on Friday the 29th of December that Everything Is Going To Be Okay. That’s right, …

Mel Gibson

Move Over, Millennials, Gen Z Are The New Influencers

Millennials officially overtook Baby Boomers as the largest demographic in the United States, making them the “it” target market … for now.<p>Yet, it’s …

Gen Z

Even Health-Conscious Millennials Have Their Limits: Eco Pulse

So much for those kale-chomping, kombucha-chugging, gluten-free and organic 20-somethings.<p>Millennials spend more of their grocery money on prepared …

Joseph Stiglitz

No Film Has Captured The Modern Millennial Experience Like ‘Mr. Roosevelt’

Whether you love or hate or are a millennial, there’s been a lot written and studied about these magical creatures born throughout the 80’s and 90’s. …

Entertainment

Strive for perfectionism among millennials is 'damaging their mental health'

"Meritocracy places a strong need for young people to strive, perform and achieve in modern life."<p>In recent decades, there has been a significant …

6 Tips for Employers Trying to Attract the Mobile Millennial

Hiring managers, recruiters, and background check companies need to be technically savvy for a variety of reasons, a principal one among them may be …

Mobile

5 Things All Successful Millennials Don't Do, That Their Distracted Friends Do

Success is a habit.<p>Successful Millennials aren't like their friends.<p>Their friends have different habits, live different lives, and somehow find themselves repeating the same words every New Year's Eve: "This year is going to be different."<p>The successful ones, on the other hand, spend a lot less …

Self-improvement

Millennials did a terrible job picking stocks in 2017 (AMD, FIT, SNAP, GPRO, F, AAPL, TWTR)

• <b>Millennial investors favored tech and bitcoin in 2017.</b>• <b><br>The generation's favorite stocks were mostly winners last year.</b><p>While some millennials surely spent 2017 swiping through dating apps and posting selfies on social media, an increasing number of them started investing for their futures. The bad …

Business

Young Americans are worried they’ll be renting forever – VICE News

Millennials are the patient generation — but not necessarily by choice.<p>In 1960 America, the median age for a first marriage was 20 for women and 23 for men. Today, it’s 27 and 29, respectively, according to the latest census data.<p>They’re having kids later in life, too. The CDC reports the age of a …

Human Geography

How higher education is preparing millennials to give back to their communities

Young people are idealistic: That’s as true today as it was 40 or 50 years ago.<p>But there’s one sentiment that sets millennials apart from earlier generations of young people — from the silent generation, the baby boomers, and Generation X. They are also eminently practical. Call them “realistic …

Georgetown University

Democrats seek younger voters with mostly gray candidates

Paul Soglin had already completed three terms as mayor of Madison before Kelda Roys was born in 1979.

Elections

Millennials are breaking the one big salary taboo — here are 6 reasons why

Ask a baby boomer about their salary, and you'll probably get a dirty look. But ask someone in their 20s or 30s, and the response might be different.<p>According to a survey conducted by The Cashlorette, a personal finance site run by Bankrate, people 18 to 36 years old are far more comfortable …

Business

Are Millennials Still Lazy, Entitled, Narcissistic, Postmodernist, And Foucault-Obsessed? [Opinion]

Many have lamented the tendency of the millennial generation to follow rules excessively, to demand protocols and cultural scripts to follow (as well …

Peter Thiel

Millennials Set For 'Inheritance Boom' - But Improved Life Expectancy Means It Won't Arrive Until They're Ready To Retire

Most millennials will get their inheritance at 61 as life expectancy for their baby boomer parents has improved dramatically.<p>Bubbers13 via Getty …

Baby Boomers

Stop blaming boomers. It's the Greatetst Generation that ruined America.

Michael Evans/ZUMAPRESS<p>Looking for news you can trust?<br>Subscribe to our free newsletters.<p>I’m running out of things to say this year, so how about …

Liberal View

Millennials set to inherit huge property wealth - but only when they're 61

Millennials are in line to make huge property gains from their parents - but not until they themselves reach retirement age.<p>The total value of …

Wealth

Millennials and Gen Xers are Twice as Likely to Save More Money in 2018 Than Baby Boomers

At the end of each year, many Americans vow to save more money and spend less as a New Year’s resolution. However, achieving this goal often requires …

African-American News

UK millennials to inherit more than their parents, says think-tank

Gemma Tetlow in London<p>December 30, 2017<p>Millennials may struggle to join the housing market and be laden with debt for their education but they …

What Millennials really want at work

A new study reveals what you probably already know: If you're a Millennial with a job, work isn't living up to your expectations.<p>It turns out that young people, while enthusiastic workers and successful employees, have a lot of anxiety and uncertainty about their work, according to a new study from …

Millennial lawyers are forging their own paths—and it's wrong to call them lazy

• Home<br>• In-Depth Reporting<br>• Millennial lawyers are forging their own…<p>Work-Life Balance<p>MYTH NO. 3: THEY ARE DISLOYAL AND JOB HUNTERS<p>Beyond solving …

Law

Baby Boomers Looking for Reinvention Try College—Again

Fellowship programs offer a ‘gap year’ for successful types to press pause before their second act<p>Pat Collins has worked as a therapist for 30 years and is looking to reinvent herself. So she has gone back to the place where she invented herself the first time—college.<p>“I’m not sure what I want to …

MBA

Millennials when booking holidays think of Instagram photos above all other factors

The number one thing that millennials look for when they're booking holidays isn't cheap booze, interesting activities or cultural …

Travel

Will Millennials Change Manufacturing?

Dark, dirty and dangerous -- mention the 3Ds of old-time manufacturing and HR managers shudder. It's exactly the image they don't want the public -- …

Manufacturing

Keep calm and be average: China's unambitious millennials

While their country's leader has encouraged citizens to work harder and dream big, some Chinese millennials are declaring their allegiance to the art …

China

Why Millennials Are Taking Fewer Vacations (And Why They Should Take More)

Which stereotype about millennials are you inclined to believe? Do you think they’re self-entitled, on the verge of lazy, and unwilling to work hard to get what they want? Or do you believe they’re all screwed over by poor economic growth, student debt, and misplaced priorities, working hard but …

The Workplace

8 Things Older Generations Are Finally Starting To Understand About Millennials

Baby boomers are finally seeing where Millennials are coming from.<p>Some of my most viral articles this past year had to do with the great debate of whether Millennials are entitled <i>all the time</i>, or just <i>some of the time</i>.<p>It's a hot topic to discuss.<p>Older generations and younger generations have been at …

Psychology

Yes, Star Wars: The Last Jedi Is An Open Letter to the Millennial Generation

Your dreams must die.<p><i>Your dreams must die. You will have to figure out how to make it in this world on your own. No one is going to solve your problems for you. The future starts today.</i><p>If you've seen <i>Star Wars: The Last Jedi</i>, you know many of these statements sound familiar. (If you haven't seen it …

Star Wars

Here Are All the Things Millennials Killed in 2017

Congrats, everyone. We did it!<p><i>This article originally appeared on VICE Canada</i>.<p>I’ll be the first to admit, millennials can be really irritating. We started a selfies at funerals trend, we’re late to everything (if we don’t flake out altogether), we’re glued to our phones during meals, and we kill …

National Retail Federation

Generation of Debt: The Average Credit Card Debt by Age

How much credit card debt does the average American have?<p>This story originally appeared on GOBankingRates<p>Whether they're getting flack for looking at their smartphones or being blamed for killing every industry, millennials take a lot of heat. But as it turns out, younger millennials are absolutely …

Credit Card Debt

5 Ways Millennials Will Transform The Workplace In 2018

Millennials have been transforming the workplace for the past decade or so, emerging on the scene with new attitudes and striking characteristics that inspired excitement and resentment from previous generations. But the millennial generation we’ve been tracking, criticizing, and celebrating for …

Leadership