GEN-XERS GET ADVICE WITHOUT THE OVERLOAD : WEBPOINTERS.Byline: Kitty Williams He's the one with the nose ring who calls you by your first name, uninvited un·in·vit·ed adj. Not welcome or wanted: uninvited guests. uninvited Adjective not having been asked: uninvited guests . She's the one who shaves (her head). More and more of them are showing up in the workplace. One will soon be in your office interviewing for a job, or across the table, negotiating a merger. Generation X - people roughly between the ages of 18 and 35 - grew up on video games See video game console. and MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. ; they grew up alongside personal computers. They're used to dealing with sensory overload
Sensory overload (sometimes abbreviated to SO) is a condition where one or more of the five senses are strained and it becomes difficult to focus on the task at hand. , and many of them are busily learning and sharing the skills they'll need to survive in the fairly harsh work environment they've inherited. One site where those of us who work with Gen-Xers can find clues to understanding them is Tripod: Tools for Life. This is how Tripod describes itself: ``Jobs don't last. Careers don't last! Health is a struggle rather than a natural fact. Skill lets you travel farther than money will - a lot farther. Saving money? You know you have to, but how? Too often, community is found in places other than where we live.'' These are serious people who try to face life's challenges with a sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour . Their site is divided into sections titled Work & Money, Politics & Community, Living & Travel, Planet Tripod, and the Daily Scoop. Under Work & Travel, for example, you can read articles about looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. work, dealing with work, working for yourself, skill building, saving money, and managing and investing money. Solid stuff, to be sure, but presented with a light touch. ``X Nuggets Nuggets can refer to several branches of interest:
The site is amusingly designed, but without the mind-boggling graphics that can obscure good writing on otherwise useful and informative sites, such as HotWired. Tripod also sends out a regular e-mail newsletter with information about new additions to the site. More information is available at the site. ADDRESS BOOK Tripod (http://www.tripod.com) HotWired (http://www.hotwired.com/) X Nuggets (http://www.tripod.com/work/archive/tulgan.html) Tripod Newsletter (http://www.tripod.com/service/newsletter/) |
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