A baby boomer is a person who was born between the years 1946 and 1964 during the post-World War II baby boom. Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western post-World War II baby between the early 1960s to the early 1980s.
Both generations are currently performing jobs all around the world. The baby boomers were characterized as rebellious generation that could not wait to get away from their parents because of the legacy left to them after the war they wanted to emphasize at any cost and rebuild the world with their achievements while Xers were focused more in diversity, they wanted to learn more things for the future cause some day they will create their own businesses, and they will implement more efficiently their skills. Individual Case Study: Don’t Treat them like Baby Boomers.
Currently we are in a constant struggle to work, we can not found a job as easily as few years ago. Companies have adapted to the constant changes in their workers. Generations of employees have varied leaving managers with two major classes of workers: the baby boomers and Generation Xers. Both are very different while the baby boomers are very pleased to reach new achievements with new promotions Gen Xers are more concerned to learn much more because they grew up with the concern of being able to look after themselves in every circumstances they seek jobs that offer new ways of learning in different areas to gain new skills in all key departments of the company so they can build lasting relationships that will help them grow in the future.
It is important that managers understand what is important for both generations while baby boomers like to compete for a prime spot, Gen Xers like deciding between multiple options in order to develop the skills and knowledge for their future. It is important to differentiate the needs of both generations since have a lack of information can lead to
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