“Even though I started my career late, given the newness of the field and where and when I was able to break in, I feel like I’m further ahead than most. The position she took right out of college wasn’t her dream job, so it made her more open to venturing down a different path into an entirely new field. I got a later start versus kids who were coming out of college already having an offer or friends whose dad knew someone so they could start a full-time gig right out of college.”īut for Eghan this challenge came with an upside. So, I didn’t have a ‘real job’ with benefits until I was two years out of college. Mariama Eghan, a member of the Dropbox employment brand team, is one of the aforementioned Millennials who graduated into a sparse job market in 2009,“I had to take anything that I could get. When we push our expectations around age aside, it allows us to focus on individuals and their actual abilities.
This means our views around late starts, job hopping, career shifts and leadership are evolving.
Your office may now have as many as five generations working alongside each other. While the Great Recession was just over a decade ago, it has drastically changed the landscape of today’s workplace and the priorities of today’s workers. And if you’re Gen Z, you’re anxiously watching your parents discover their long hours haven’t made it certain they can keep a roof over your head. If you’re a boomer, you might be realizing your retirement fund isn’t actually enough coin to get you through to the End of Days. If you’re a member of Gen X, your company has downsized leaving you unemployed and unable to find a comparable position. If you’re a millennial fresh from college your career ambitions have floundered because you can’t find a job. To borrow a phrase from the “Golden Girls” grand-matriarch, Sophia Petrillo: Picture it.
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