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THE Generation Timeline: (Millennials Rising-The Next Great GenerationBy: Neil Howe & William Strauss)

GI's-1901-24

Silent Generation-1925-42

Baby Boomers-1943-60
-More likely to live in two-income household.
-Have children at home
-Have the basic feeling of security
-More likely than others to focus on education
-Have a higher level of education from previous generation
-88.8% of this generation completed high school

Generation X-1961=81

Millennials-1982-Present
-Sheltered
-They have experienced a positive economy while moving through their school years (until now)
-This generation grew up on kid safety rules, lockdown of public schools, sweeping national youth safety movement
-Technological sophistication
Defining Words/Terms:
Conventional
Confident
Special
Sheltered
Self-Assured
Stressed
Achieving
Team-oriented
Racially diverse
Extremely close with parents
Savvy with technology
Less interested in humanities

**The GREATEST INFLUENCE on these students is YOU!

Interesting Notes About Parent/Students:
(U. Of Minnesota Parent Survey-2008)

Parenting a college student is not what it used to be. When many of today’s college parents were 18, their parents had a hands-off approach. Those who attended college were expected to make their own choices and, in many cases, pay for their own education. The common refrain among college students a generation ago was, “I can do it on my own." The common refrain among parents was, “He never writes!" or, “I’m lucky if she calls once a month!”

For today’s college students, however, the world is different. An 18-year-old would be hard-pressed to earn enough at a summer job or part-time campus job to afford tuition, room, and board. With e-mail, instant messaging, and cheap or free long-distance cell phone calls, most students are in touch with family members multiple times a week. U of M parent surveys show that more than 20 percent of students talk to their parents at least once a day and fewer than 5 percent talk to their parents less than once a week.

Parents themselves acknowledge that they are more involved in their students' lives than their own parents were. In our 2008 parent survey we asked, “If you attended college, how would you compare the level of your involvement/communication with your student to the involvement/communication your parents had with you during college?”

Of parents who attended college, 85 percent said they are more involved or much more involved than their own parents were during their college years.  But when does involvement cross the line from being caring and supportive to meddling?

Services WE Provide:

Career Advising 
Choosing a Major and Minor
What Can I do With my Major?
On-campus Student Job Listings 
Part-time/Summer Job Alerts
Internship Alerts
Internships Assistance
Graduate School Information & Assistance
Job/Internship Fairs
Career Positions after Graduation
On-Campus Corporate Recruiting
Career Resource Library
Resume Reviews on a walk-in basis
Online Database of Employers & Job Openings/Network of Alumni Mentors  (meredithbrooke-endicott)
Career/Job Search Class

What We Did This Past Year

The highlights of the 2008-2009 academic year are listed below. The number of students we serve, services we offer and partnerships we forge continue to increase every year. The overall numbers tell some of the story:
• Conducted 120 classroom presentations
• Held 2,012 individual student appointments, 300 more than last year
• Reviewed via email over 500 resumes uploaded in eRecruiting (NEW service). Critiqued an additional 1000 resumes in face-to-face meetings with students.
• Hosted 5 Job Fairs, partnering with UMES and the Respiratory Therapy Department
• Communicate 1,000 job and internship opportunities via email to students. Began texting weekly to students who requested this NEW service.
• 36 employers conducted 394 on-campus interviews, 30 employers held Information Sessions or hosted information tables on-campus.
• Conducted the First Destination Survey: Every year as students pick up their caps and gowns we set up several computers in the Bookstore for them to complete an online survey that lets us know where they are going after graduation…their “first destination”. Highlights of the data are summarized.
• Over 400 students signed up to receive weekly text messages from the Career Services Office
• 29 Workshops, reaching over 600 students (and over 200 parents)

From First Destination Survey-(Early May)

In response to: What best describes your post-graduation status as of right now?
• Employed Full Time in a Career-Related Job after Graduation. 20.7%
• Enrolled in School for Further Study. 13.1%
• Employed Part-Time/Seasonally. 16.6%
• Not Employed and Still Seeking Employment. 46.9%
• Not Employed, Not Enrolled in School, Not Seeking Employment. 2.7%

Salaries:
Fulton -$35,125-Reported Jobs in MD- 63.0%
Henson -$46,381 -Reported Jobs in MD- 86.2%
Perdue -$42,236 -Reported Jobs in MD-84.4%
Seidel -$36,933-Reported Jobs in MD- 82.8%

Advancements in the Office:
-3933 SU graduates have access to the Alumni Job Network
-962 students who graduate in May have been rolled in to the Alumni Job Network
-Supervised 3 interns
-Imported over 7,000 students eRecruiting.
-Created Career Services blog and video
-Created Career Services Podcast webpage and entered on YouTube
-Created On-campus internship page for faculty intern coordinators
-Created a Video Library for webpage which addresses various career issues
-Created new Orientation registration process
-Placed Career Class in MyClasses
-Developed web registration program that can schedule an event without logging in to eRecruiting

Click here to view some of the student dangers for your son/daughter
 

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Answers-1=b, 2=b and d, 3=d, 4=c, 5=c, 6=d, 7=e, 8-d, 9=all correct, 10=e

How did you score?
1-3 correct answers:  Need to do much more research.

4-5 correct answers:  You're thinking  the right way, but things are changing quickly and it a different time and era.

6-8 correct answers:  You are in touch and headed in the right direction.

9-10 correct answers:  You are fabulous career counselor, mentor, educator, advisor, student consultant, etc..