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Millennials (Millennial

generation)
Millennials, also known as Generation Y or the Net Generation, are the
demographic cohort that directly follows Generation X.

What, exactly, is the Millennial generation?

The term Millennials is usually considered to apply to individuals who


reached adulthood around the turn of the 21st century. The precise
delineation varies from one source to another, however. Neil Howe and
William Strauss, authors of the 1991 book Generations: The History of
America's Future, 1584 to 2069, are often credited with coining the term.
Howe and Strauss define the Millennial cohort as consisting of
individuals born between 1982 and 2004.

Other proposed dates for Millennials:

According to Iconoclast, a consumer research firm, the first


Millennials were born in 1978.

Newsweek magazine reported that the Millennial generation was


born between 1977 and 1994.

In separate articles, the New York Times pegged the Millennials at


1976-1990 and 1978-1998.

A Time magazine article placed the Millennials at 1980-2000.

Overall, the earliest proposed birthdate for Millennials is 1976 and the
latest 2004. Given that a familial generation in developed nations lies
somewhere between 25 and 30 years, we might reasonably consider
those the start and end points.
There is a great deal of variation from one individual to another within
any generational cohort. Nevertheless, the particular environment for
any generation affects those individuals in ways that are observable as
broad tendencies. This definition of the term discusses those reported
tendencies for Millennials in the workplace, Millennials and technology,
Millennials and culture.

A snapshot of Millennials, according to their press:

Millennials grew up in an electronics-filled and increasingly online and


socially-networked world. They are the generation that has received the
most marketing attention. As the most ethnically diverse generation,
Millennials tend to be tolerant of difference. Having been raised under
the mantra "follow your dreams" and being told they were special, they
tend to be confident. While largely a positive trait, the Millennial
generations confidence has been argued to spill over into the realms of
entitlement and narcissism. They are often seen as slightly more
optimistic about the future of America than other generations -- despite
the fact that they are the first generation since the Silent Generation that
is expected to be less economically successful than their parents.

Millennial statistics (Source: Pew Research):

50 percent of Millennials consider themselves politically unaffiliated.

29 percent consider themselves religiously unaffiliated.

They have the highest average number of Facebook friends, with an


average of 250 friends vs. Generations X's 200.

55 percent have posted a selfie or more to social media sites versus


20 percent of Generation X.
8 percent of Millennials claim to have sexted, whereas 30 percent
claim to have received sexts.

They send a median of 50 texts a day.

As of 2012, only 19 percent of Millennials said that, generally, others


can be trusted.

There are about 76 million Millennials in the United States (based on


research using the years 1978-2000).

Millennials are the last generation born in the 20th century.

Twenty percent have at least one immigrant parent.

Millennials and technology

Millennials grew up with computers, the Internet and the graphical user
interface (GUI). This familiarity makes them adept at understanding
interfaces and visual languages. They tend to adjust readily to new
programs, operating systems (OS ) and devices and to perform
computer-based tasks more quickly than older generations. Although its
been proven that multitasking is not usually an effective way to work,
Millennials may be the employees that are most likely to pull it off.

In schooling, the technology focus increased in programming.


Millennials can also very dependent on the Internet for learning how to
do things. When their computers or devices dont work they often need
some form of assistance to troubleshoot and correct these issues
without the aid of the Internet. In contrast, the technically-inclined
members of Generation X may have started when electronics were
hobby kits and the best gaming machines were unquestionably self-built
computers. That starting point often meant Generation X has a deeper
understanding of programming and hardware issues.

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