GenY and Millennials Illusion vs. Reality of How Cool You Are

GenY and Millennials Illusion vs. Reality of How Cool You Are Last week I reposted Gen Y Sounds Like a Bunch of Entitled Whiners (well, not so much anymore). Im not trying to kick a hornets nest but I saw this image on Facebook right after it posted (original link): So understand that this is a survey and who knows how honest the people were in the survey. Lets assume with over 6,000 people responding, its fairly accurate. What does this mean? Millennials think they are good with people but HR pros (not an authority by any means, they just happen to be in a role where they might kind of see Millennials (or have read an article about them), think that they stink with people skills. Millennials think they are okay with technology, and HR Pros assume they are excellent at technology.  As an IT person, my position has been this (and the 35% from Millennials kind of agrees): Being good at multi-tasking video games, netflix, and a smartphone, doesnt mean you are a technologist.  I think Millennials understand, better than HR, that being tech-savvy might be more about system and database design, programming, etc. than buying the latest iphone. Millennials say they are extremely loyal to their employers (Ill say 82% is extreme, in todays world!), while HR says NO WAY, no one is loyal. Im surprised that Millennials think they are so loyal.  Im not surprised that HR doesnt think so, because thats what they hear at every conference, and read in every article. Millennials think they are not very fun-loving while HR think they are at least twice as much as Millennials think.  I think Millennials are hard on themselves here but maybe Im too old to know :p Another major discrepancy Millennials think they are really hard workers.  HR says that is laughable.  Like, guffaw laughable. I think there are problems on both sides but if you are a Millennial and want to break out of the brand that is not hard working and not loyal, you better work on your personal brand! GenY and Millennials Illusion vs. Reality of How Cool You Are Last week I reposted Gen Y Sounds Like a Bunch of Entitled Whiners (well, not so much anymore). Im not trying to kick a hornets nest but I saw this image on Facebook right after it posted (original link): So understand that this is a survey and who knows how honest the people were in the survey. Lets assume with over 6,000 people responding, its fairly accurate. What does this mean? Millennials think they are good with people but HR pros (not an authority by any means, they just happen to be in a role where they might kind of see Millennials (or have read an article about them), think that they stink with people skills. Millennials think they are okay with technology, and HR Pros assume they are excellent at technology.  As an IT person, my position has been this (and the 35% from Millennials kind of agrees): Being good at multi-tasking video games, netflix, and a smartphone, doesnt mean you are a technologist.  I think Millennials understand, better than HR, that being tech-savvy might be more about system and database design, programming, etc. than buying the latest iphone. Millennials say they are extremely loyal to their employers (Ill say 82% is extreme, in todays world!), while HR says NO WAY, no one is loyal. Im surprised that Millennials think they are so loyal.  Im not surprised that HR doesnt think so, because thats what they hear at every conference, and read in every article. Millennials think they are not very fun-loving while HR think they are at least twice as much as Millennials think.  I think Millennials are hard on themselves here but maybe Im too old to know :p Another major discrepancy Millennials think they are really hard workers.  HR says that is laughable.  Like, guffaw laughable. I think there are problems on both sides but if you are a Millennial and want to break out of the brand that is not hard working and not loyal, you better work on your personal brand! GenY and Millennials Illusion vs. Reality of How Cool You Are Last week I reposted Gen Y Sounds Like a Bunch of Entitled Whiners (well, not so much anymore). Im not trying to kick a hornets nest but I saw this image on Facebook right after it posted (original link): So understand that this is a survey and who knows how honest the people were in the survey. Lets assume with over 6,000 people responding, its fairly accurate. What does this mean? Millennials think they are good with people but HR pros (not an authority by any means, they just happen to be in a role where they might kind of see Millennials (or have read an article about them), think that they stink with people skills. Millennials think they are okay with technology, and HR Pros assume they are excellent at technology.  As an IT person, my position has been this (and the 35% from Millennials kind of agrees): Being good at multi-tasking video games, netflix, and a smartphone, doesnt mean you are a technologist.  I think Millennials understand, better than HR, that being tech-savvy might be more about system and database design, programming, etc. than buying the latest iphone. Millennials say they are extremely loyal to their employers (Ill say 82% is extreme, in todays world!), while HR says NO WAY, no one is loyal. Im surprised that Millennials think they are so loyal.  Im not surprised that HR doesnt think so, because thats what they hear at every conference, and read in every article. Millennials think they are not very fun-loving while HR think they are at least twice as much as Millennials think.  I think Millennials are hard on themselves here but maybe Im too old to know :p Another major discrepancy Millennials think they are really hard workers.  HR says that is laughable.  Like, guffaw laughable. I think there are problems on both sides but if you are a Millennial and want to break out of the brand that is not hard working and not loyal, you better work on your personal brand!