BRAD KARSH ON WHY YOU SHOULD FOLLOW US:
By following @JBTSMillennials, millennials will get specific answers and pointed advice about how to succeed in today's competitive workforce to thrive in your career. You'll learn how to defend yourself from being bashed by older generations, figure out why older generations don't like you, and learn what you can do to get over perceptions of who millennials are.
Join Millennials Mean Business today, and unite with the business leaders of tomorrow.OUR STORY:
Despite the abundant criticism, JB Training Solutions is proud to say that we are the great defenders of millennials. We believe that millennials are not better or worse than any other generation in the workplace: they are just different. The impact millennials have will shape the future of our economy for the better, if they sharpen the soft skills so that older generations can appreciate and maximize their potential.
OUR PURPOSE:
We provide millennials with career advice, professional development tools, and more to help unlock potential and propel the careers of this promising generation. Also importantly, @JBTSMillennials aims to capture the voice of the millennial generation and share their thoughts, ideas, values, preferences, beliefs, tendencies, perspectives and dreams with their managers and older generations in the workplace. We will help all generations understand each other better to best work together. If you are a millennial looking to advance your career and you want your voice to be heard by other generations, then you want to join the Millennials Mean Business by following @JBTSMillennials.
THE MILLENNIAL MANIFESTO
I am a millennial. Hear me roar.
Hear me roar. Seriously, will you listen up? I have big ideas. I have big aspirations, and I am ready to put them to work. I have prepared my whole life for this job, for this chance. My entire life, everyone has told me that I can do whatever I want to do and be whoever I want to be. "The sky is the limit. If you put your mind to it, you can change the world," everyone said. "You are special."
Well, here I am, a part of your company. I want to be a part of something great—and to contribute to something special—every day. I want to make a contribution, and I want to move up. But I don't feel like I fit in your system. It's hard for me to get inspired by climbing the corporate ladder and increasing shareholder value. It's not even my job duties really—it's all those things that surround the job. Working with my boss, having to prove myself, and understanding all those unwritten rules that just don't make sense to me—it's all so different.
What can I do to succeed? How do I navigate this career path? How do I make my mark? I like to achieve. So what can I do? What can we do? It wasn't so long ago that you were in my position.
Let's figure this out together. Let's work together.
I am ready to listen.
I am a millennial.
THE MANAGER MANIFESTO
I am a manager. I am tired of hearing you roar.
Listen up. I am trying to understand you—really, I am. I am trying to be patient, but we have so much to do. You are not in school anymore. Your parents can't solve your problems anymore. What you need to learn at work wasn't covered in your college text books.
Changing the world takes hard work. And it doesn't happen on your first day, your first month, or even your first year.
Here we are. I'm ready for you to contribute, but you have a lot to learn. Around here, if you want to be special, you have to earn it. Do you know anything about paying your dues?
I want to teach you, and I want you to succeed. But you've got to meet me half way. It's hard to be understanding when you give off the air that you know it all. Don't you think that my experiences are valuable? I get it. You want it all—don't we all? But you can't have it all right away.
What can you do to succeed? You have to think less about "me, me, me" when it comes to your career. You'll make your mark by asking, "what can I do for you?"
Let's figure this out together. Let's work together.
I am ready to talk. I am ready to listen.
I am a manager.