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Job Search Party

... more social, and this is evident outside of the office, as well. Youth’s affinity for social media has given them a wide-reaching network of personal connections, and young professionals are using them to help them find employment. Although networking has long been a viable option for finding a new job, Ys and Zs have taken it further by leveraging digital tools that were intended for personal purposes to use for professional gain. Young professionals are coming across positions in their social ...

(Net)Work Hard, Play Hard

... Young adults are optimizing their time by incorporating more networking into their social lives. Socializing was once considered all play and networking all work, but thanks to recent cultural shifts, these behaviors are blending. Modern youth are increasingly socializing via networking, a concept that was previously regarded as a necessary evil tolerable only to business owners or those with a hustler mentality. Thanks to the rise of new resources, it has become easier and more natural ...

Welcome To The Club

... networking group to obtain a sense of community where they live. Young consumers are shelling out for membership to co-working spaces and networking groups that provide venues, events, and amenities that foster a sense of community and belonging among members. Such spaces have become especially important because of the gig economy as they allow freelancers places where they can experience community in what can otherwise be a lonely career path (see The Gig Is Up). For example, The Wing is an exclusive ...

Home & Away Work & Commuting Trends

... , so they feel as if they might as well work from different environments and enjoy the perks of travel while doing so. Workcations, when employees go on trips not out of necessity for their work but in order to find a new perspective, are the new business trips for today’s youngest generations, and co-working tourism, which gathers professionals from various locations and industries together to live and work in new places, often on a monthly basis, are the new networking conventions. Such ...

Global Social Trends

... friends at a young age and keep their social circles tight-knit. On top of this, Swedes aren't particularly extroverted or interested in small talk, making it harder to simply strike up a friendship. While having few, long-lasting friendships has its benefits, it can prove limiting when it comes to networking as people tend to know fewer people who can help them progress in their careers. To address this challenge, Swedes are developing apps, including Sevn, Lunchback, Yepstr, and  ...

BrandCon

... productively, they're giving rise to a new way to learn from brands that also has the potential to help them from a networking standpoint.The rising interest in BrandCons is also driven by young people's fascination with the people  and practices behind the brands they consume (see Scene Stealers). In fact, some creative directors have become celebrities in their own right, with young people in our focus groups, particularly Zs, mentioning that they follow such figures on social media to gain a ...

Home & Away Marketing Tips

... app that serves as a virtual lobby for guests to connect and meet. After guests check into The Standard, they are invited to check into the Lobby, where they can meet other hotel guests, conduct digital conversations with them, and even plan to meet up IRL. All of users' text threads disappear once they check out, a feature that incentivizes guests to step outside of their comfort zone when making new connections. The platform tethers social networking to a centralized physical location in order ...

DND (Do Not Distress)

... than it was a few years ago. Being able to get together IRL frequently is particularly challenging since work is no longer 9 to 5, and young adults are increasingly devoting a portion of their social time to networking specifically (see [Net]Work Hard, Play Hard). Even Zs noted in qualitative research that it's hard to hang out with friends physically in a given week due to their schedules and/or that of their parents, their jobs, and their side projects, which is why they often use video hangouts ...