http://growingleaders.com/blog/first-soft-skill-develop-students/
After reading this article, I felt a little disappointed in my generation. While the article may have exaggerated a bit, I do see definite decline in etiquette between this generation and the last. The newest generation appears over-entitled and very self-absorbed, as the article says, and this is very true (coming from someone who is a part of it). There is a pretty drastic lack of formality in the way young people act in the workplace. I believe this comes from the media's push to destroy the sense of self worth in young people in recent years. Every commercial is aimed at making youth feel like if they have this one thing or are a part of this group, you will be thought highly of in society. Therefore, people believe that if they follow these trends, they can put themselves on the same level as their boss because they are "popular" in their group of friends or school or whatever they are a part of.
This doesn't have to be a problem. I believe that all we have to do is just be our own people and make a stand against being slave to social media if we want to be looked at as professional. I see all too often on social networking parents or other adults ranting about how youth have no respect. One little fact they seem to have forgotten is that THEY raised this generation. Just a thought…
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