The gap – not just a place to buy khakis.

We hear about generation gaps all the time.  What I’m hearing even more often these days, however, is about the gap in the workforce generations – Baby Boomers, Gen X’ers, and Gen Y, now being called the Millenials.  Here’s just a few samples:

Recruitnik talks about us poor, left-out generation X’ers.

Penelope’s guest blogger talks about Gen X vs. Gen Y.

Then there’s this, which starts out:

 “Which of the following means the most to you?

• Elvis joins the Army.
• Jimi Hendrix dies
• MTV debuts.
• Kurt Cobain dies. “

People, this article is three years old, yet it still hits it right on the head.  It was maybe ahead of its time.  We’re seeing it now in candidates, and employers are seeing it in interviews and new employees.  Even the director of my youngest son’s preschool tells me she has just as many meetings with parents of her staff as she does parents of students!  Helicopter Parents are becoming a household phrase, and their kids are entering the workforce, smarter but more naïve, and with much higher expectations than ever before.