Myths that are destroying the careers of the YAYA generation

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Lifehacker published an article dedicated to the YAYA generation - young people aged "a little over 20". It said that only 60% of millennials strive to do difficult, responsible work.

Meanwhile, in 2020, this generation accounts for 50% of the workforce. According to PwC, only 22% of millennials want to study, while 65% of them would like to have a steady career growth, and 59% would like a high salary. But most importantly, the overwhelming majority (91%) of representatives of generation Y are confident that they will live better than their parents.

Here are eight myths that will ruin the careers of young professionals if they believe in them.

Myth 1. When you are 20, you can't plan for something

The Russian generation Z has already experienced two major economic shocks - the crises of 1998 and 2008–2010. Millennials, in turn, grew up on a volcano of instability: the 90s, unemployment, constant legislative changes. It is no wonder that planning the future for both seems like a waste of time, because everything can change at any moment.

And in vain. Since it is at 20 with a ponytail that the foundation of the whole future life is laid. The choice of where to study, where to live and what kind of people to surround yourself with, largely depends on who you will be at 30 years old.

Myth 2. You need to understand what you want

Many millennials are convinced that before getting a job, you need to understand what you really want. At the same time, the search for the "ideal occupation" can continue for years.

Meanwhile, many famous and successful people in their youth did not disdain any work. For example, in his youth, Brad Pitt managed to work as a driver, a deliveryman of furniture and even a barker in a restaurant dressed in a chicken suit.

Even the most "indecent" work is your personal experience, which will come in handy in the future anyway.

Myth 3. You can do anything

Youth is naive. At 20, it seems that the whole world is at your feet and you can do anything. This is not entirely true.

Millennials are limited by their (so far modest) knowledge and skills. In addition, "endless" possibilities are often forced to rush from one extreme to another, because you want to try yourself in everything.

Doing whatever you want means choosing any area, and not wasting yourself on dozens, without delving into any of them in the end.

Myth 4. Ideal work is a hobby

The word "work" evokes not very pleasant associations in people of about twenty years of age: daily office hard labor with waking up at 6 am and angry bosses. Therefore, more and more millennials dream of being "free artists", turning their hobby into a business.

But they forget that any business (even something as "frivolous" as a modeling business) is hard work. To be successful, you have to work hard. Moreover, hobbies are often not profitable, and some of them are completely impossible to monetize.

Myth 5. I have plenty of time

Several 30-year-olds studied at the university together with us, yesterday's schoolchildren. It was clear that learning is given to them much more difficult: they had to be torn between work, family and lectures. In a personal conversation, one of them admitted how sorry he was that he had not received an education at 20.

Generation Y believe they have a train of time. They are constantly putting off something for later. They are in a hurry to grow up, but not in a hurry to do it. But even 20 years time is limited, because in the next 10 years you need to have time to do (learn, try, visit, experience) as many things as possible.

Myth 6. I do not like work - leave

Millennials are cocky and impulsive, they are ready to show the middle finger at the first difficulty and leave work, slamming the door. But before making such decisions, you need to ask yourself a few questions:

• Why don't I like my job?
• Am I doing everything right?
• Why did I take this position?

In addition, analyze whether you have enough savings to temporarily become unemployed and not sit on your parents' neck.

Myth 7. Run from the bad boss without looking back

People of the YAYAA generation hate being told. Especially the boss. Especially bad boss. Many 20-year-old boys and girls believe that they understand some things better than others, and therefore do not intend to endure the tyranny of the boss.

Meanwhile, work in some companies can give so much money, experience and connections that a loud or picky boss is simply not worth paying attention to. In addition, Michael Scott, one of the main characters in the series The Office, is a very tempering character - after such preparation, you will survive in any team.

Myth 8. I deserve the best

The "gamers" often have too high expectations, they believe that the work should adjust to them, and not they to work. After all, they deserve the best!

In fact, employers are not parents or nannies; they are not obliged to change working conditions for every 20-year-old employee, if everything is organized within the framework of the law.