Saturday, May 29, 2010

Veterans, Baby-boomers, Generation-X and Generation-Yers

We all have read countless articles and references to the fact that babyboomers are beginning to retire and what it means to our society. Many writeups look at this fact at a very factual level, including this one:
http://ethicalethos.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/working-with-gen-xers-and-yers/

Let's take a few moments to define the generations that encompass the last 90 years.

Greatest Generation (also called the Veterans): those who were born between 1916 and 1945.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greatest_Generation


Babyboomers: those who were born between 1945 and 1964.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Boom_Generation


Generation X: 1965 - 1982.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_X


Generation Y: 1982 - early 21st century.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Y


This is certainly a loaded topic (and a very interesting one): please expect more pieces on this theme in future.

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