Baby Boomers

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The generation doing the best with social distancing may surprise you Jennifer Fabiano

The Millennial generation is most likely to be practicing social distancing, working remotely, and avoiding public transportation during the Coronavirus pandemic. Read More

Health

This generation is now more at risk for getting Coronavirus officials say Meredith Lepore

Today during a White House press conference Dr. Deborah Birx, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, said that young people are also at risk and possibly more so than we thought a week ago. Read More

Health

This is the generation most concerned about the Coronavirus pandemic Jennifer Fabiano

These are the differences in attitudes towards the Coronavirus outbreak broken down by the Baby Boomer, Generation X, Millennial, and Generation Z cohorts. Read More

Office Life

How these stereotypical Generation X characteristics manifest in the workplace Jennifer Fabiano

There are the five main characteristics of Generation X, plus a list of facts and statistics about the cohort. Read More

Health

This generation may be the least likely to contract Coronavirus through touch at work Meredith Lepore

According to a new survey of more than 1,000 U.S. employees from Reflektive, a performance management platform, when it comes to physical contact, flirtation, and fraternization—Gen Z is more closely aligned with the attitudes of the Baby Boomers than Millennials or Gen X. Read More

Job Search

The 21 deadliest jobs in America for baby boomers Madison Hoff

What are the 21 deadliest jobs in America for baby boomers? Find out, in this list of 21 different occupations, that don’t bode well for the generation. Read More

Health

Boomers have a drug problem, but not the kind you might think Laurie Archbald Pannone

Although boomers may not be using those same drugs today, many are taking medications, often several of them. Read More

Office Life

10 main Millennials’ characteristics in the workplace according to career experts Lindsay Tigar

If you ask modern career experts who have worked with this age group (and some who are part of it), millennials come with a plethora of benefits. In fact, most of the ideologies about working with and working for these young leaders are misguided and in some cases, not true. Here, they myth bust typical millennial characteristics and instead, share what’s actually pretty stellar. Read More

Office Life

How to channel your inner Millennial/Gen Xer/Boomer to advance your career Rachel Weingarten

Lately, there seems to be something of an almost aggressive intergenerational gap. Gen Z (born sometime between 1996 and 2015) seems to disparage their slightly elder peer group of Millennials (1980-1996) who in turn are completely dismissive of Boomers (1946-1965). Read More

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