WHEN Sean Aiken was a boy, he thought he might like to be a professional basketball player once he grew up. Now he is 25, and he is decidedly less certain.In that way he is like so many of his millennial generation — new workers wavering on the threshold of real life, determined to get it right, they say, and fearful that they might get it wrong. (more…)
GEN Y workers are more career-focused and ambitious than any other generation, but they are also the most money-hungry, according to a job survey.
But HECS debts, a lack of affordable housing and the rising cost of living because of the drought and high petrol prices are the driving force behind their desire for cash, the report by employment website SEEK found.
Of the 5000 Australian employees polled in the website’s annual satisfaction and motivation survey, 30 per cent were identified as Gen Y - aged 18 to 26.
Gen Y are more motivated by money than previous generation and mostly work to pay for their lifestyles, the study found. (more…)
