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The Top 14 Generation Y Myths Dispelled

There are many things being said about Generation Y in the workplace--"they're lazy," "they're self-focused," "they don't want to work hard," etc. But most of these so-called truths are simply myths in disguise.

Generations-in-the-workplace and management expert, Bruce Tulgan, dispels those myths and tells you what Generation Y is really looking for in the workplace.

Here is a compilation of the top 14 myths about Generation Y:

• Myth #1: They're Disloyal 
• Myth #2: They Won't Do 'Grunt' Work 
• Myth #3: They Don't Know Very Much and Have Short Attention Spans 
• Myth #4: They Want the Top Job on Day One 
• Myth #5: They Need Work to be Fun 
• Myth #6: They Want to be Left Alone at Work 
• Myth #7: They Want Their Managers to Do Their Work for Them 
• Myth #8: They Have No Interest in Climbing the Proverbial Career Ladder 
• Myth #9: Money and Traditional Benefits Don't Matter to Them 
• Myth #10: Money is the Only Thing that Matters to Them 
• Myth #11: They Don't Respect Their Elders 
• Myth #12: They Only Want to Learn from Computers 
• Myth #13: It's Impossible to Turn Them into Long-Term Employees 
• Myth #14: They Are So Self-Focused They Will Never Make Good Managers 

For more research and thoughts on Generation Y in the workplace, visit Bruce Tulgan's page on HRTools.com.

Created by: Bruce Tulgan, © 2009 RainmakerThinking, Inc. in conjunction with Bruce's free video newsletter that's available at Rainmakerthinking.com.

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