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All In Good Time

... Young adults understand that “having it all” requires ongoing flexibility and constant tradeoffs, and they recalibrate their goals accordingly. Young adults of previous generations shared similar life aspirations for the most part: to have career success, a job they love, a lot of money, a nice house, and a family that includes a spouse and kids. Today’s young adults, however, have significantly more varied ambitions. While the notion of “having it all” in the traditional sense isn’t ...

The Path

... life milestone as highly relevant, but they approach college differently and have distinctive expectations of it compared to those of previous generations. With unprecedented access to online resources and tutorials, Zs are more educated than any generation before them was by the time they went to college. They are also more likely to know what they’re interested in, having taken a professional approach to their free time since early youth to inform their future career aspirations (see ProPlay ...

Well at Work

... , 69% of Ys say it’s more important for them to have a career that promotes mindfulness than one where they earn a lot of money. This newfound desire for mindfulness (see: Presence of Mind) has made them realize that time out of the office, even if it’s not a full-scale vacation, can have a positive impact on their wellbeing and productivity. As such, they are seeking companies that offer mental health days and flexible work schedules. Since Ys are such a collaborative generation, they are highly ...

ProPlay

... Young people are taking a professional approach to their play and free time activities, which are informing their future career aspirations. Increasingly, Gen Zs are of the mindset that “playtime” should be purposeful. Much like Ys’ shift from downtime to UPTIME (Cassandra Report, Spring 2011) in which they are focusing on productive personal pursuits even when they’re “relaxing,” Zs, too, are recasting their free time as an opportunity to get ahead, with an eye towards their future selves ...

Global Y Dream

... Ys around the world have shared values and aspirations from family to career to personal success.With past generations, youth in countries around the world had dreams based on their national needs and ideals. Arising in the post-World War II era, the American Dream centered on freedom and individual prosperity; the South African Dream, stemming from the country’s struggle with Apartheid, was about striving for unity and equality; when China emerged from Mao’s Cultural Revolution, the Chinese ...

The Education, Work & Success Perspective

... status quo to achieve both the work life and careers they desire. From education and work to finances and family, young people are also taking a look at how they measure success and subsequently recalibrating the goals they seek to achieve in life. For Gen Zs, with their lives largely ahead of them, many are setting even higher personal goals and rethinking career choices to ensure their future success after they get through the pandemic. For Millennials, however, being further along in life, they ...

Breaking Bad

... interactions but also in their online “self,” which is just as important and valid to them. These once-private topics, like where one falls on the spectrum of sexuality, their ambitions concerning their education and career, and the state of their mental health, are now public-facing facets that modern youth lead with to convey who they are.Another taboo for our generation is choosing a gender. It's getting better definitely, but for being a non-binary person, going to a restroom in public is like, I don't ...

Opportunity Knocks

... plant roots. These factors are driving young people to move to new places, and to move more often than generations prior, answering the call when Opportunity Knocks.MAKING CAREER MOVESWhether or not they know people living in a particular area or are familiar with it, young people are very willing to move to a new place for a job opportunity, which is the top reason of 25 they would move; 31% in the U.S. and 26% in the UK say they would move for this purpose and this attitude is stronger among ...

Extracurriculars

... , including if it's even helping them stay competitive in a constantly evolving—and increasingly global—job market. While they recognize that a degree is still necessary for getting most aspirational jobs, they look forward to a time when expensive institutions are no longer a prerequisite for achieving their desired career. In fact, 73% of young people in the U.S. and 70% in the UK say that what people can learn on their own is more relevant today than what they learn through formal education ...