Gen Y Shakes Up Government
<em>The Washington Post</em> on Saturday had a great <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/06/AR2010080606461_3.html?hpid=artslot&sid=ST2010080700240">article</a> about how the younger generation is shaking up the federal workplace with their tendencies to take risks, connect socially online and share information across boundaries. The Obama administration is hoping to fill up to 60,000 entry-level federal jobs within the next year, and government personnel experts believe that in 10 years, 400,000 of the 2 million federal workers will be younger than 35.
The Washington Post on Saturday had a great article about how the younger generation is shaking up the federal workplace with their tendencies to take risks, connect socially online and share information across boundaries. The Obama administration is hoping to fill up to 60,000 entry-level federal jobs within the next year, and government personnel experts believe that in 10 years, 400,000 of the 2 million federal workers will be younger than 35.
Meanwhile, the Post's Federal Coach column also provides some useful advice on how federal leaders can manage the expectations and maximize the learning opportunities of younger workers by connecting the dots between their current jobs and their future, encouraging them to have an apprenticeship mindset and reinforcing lessons learned through constant feedback.