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School Of (Work)Life

... Office jobs are increasingly providing a college/university-like experience, as young employees seek comparable social and emotional benefits from a work culture.Generations Y and Z are spurring a significant shift in the workforce, in which office jobs are increasingly similar to college/university life. As Ys will comprise nearly half of all employees globally by 2020 and companies prepare for Zs’ rapid arrival, the nature of the workplace is evolving to better meet youth’s preferences and ...

The Education, Work & Success Perspective

... the same as they were, and these in turn are impacting what young people choose to do with their lives. In this issue of Life Interrupted, we explore the future of education. Gen Zs already indicated that they were questioning the value of a college education, and now, with many universities shifting classes to be online, young adults feel the supposed benefits of college, which have been drilled into them their entire lives, are further eroded in their perception. This will have significant ...

No Money, More Problems

... five in the UK say their debt contributes to a sense of burnout. These figures start to diverge between Ys and Zs: 34% of Ys in the U.S. and 28% in the UK, compared to 12% and 13% of U.S. and UK Zs, respectively, say debt contributes to burnout. This divergence is due to a confluence of factors, especially around life stage: Ys grew up during a time when the prevailing notion was that people had to go to college to be successful. They believed that taking out student loans and going into debt was ...

An Eye Towards The Future

... , learning, and even relaxing to better fit a world now characterized by upheaval on multiple fronts. We also studied how the pandemic precipitated a mass migration of Millennials and Zs following the abrupt shut down across college campuses, unprecedented job losses and furloughs, and various states of physical shutdown across the nation. We show how they leaned into their agility, opportunism, support systems, and partners throughout so much change. The pandemic has also accelerated a less immediately ...

The Retail & Spending Perspective

... them to get ahead financially. Millennials haven’t forgotten those times—indeed, many of them are still paying off their college debt—and as a result they are more likely than other generations to be concerned about the economy (with 92% being worried) and taking action to protect themselves (with 82% having already taken steps).This is compounded as Gen Zs are living up to their pragmatic and cautious nature when it comes to finances; 81% already feel they need to start putting money ...

Global Home & Away Trends

... that can be traced to the government’s relaxation of visa requirements for visitors, particularly from China and Southeast Asia, and the decline of the yen. While these measures made travel to Japan cheaper and easier—and boosted Japan’s economy in the process—the Japanese media have used the term “tourism pollution” to describe how lately tourists have “overrun” Japanese cities. - China: College Tourism - College-bound teens in China are responsible for the boom of the global ...

Gen Z State Of Mind

... , many Zs are reconsidering college/university as they feel work experience is the more worthwhile form of education; only 40% in the U.S. and 31% in the UK want to complete an undergraduate degree at a college or university. While this may seem shocking to older generations, Zs are carefully weighing the return on investment and increasingly finding that college/university doesn’t propel people forward in their careers as much as experience—only 43% of Zs in the U.S. and 30% in the UK feel ...