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A Millennial's Guide to Millennial Guides

If you've read any magazines, Web sites, newspapers, or books in the last decade, you probably know who I am. You know I have a three-second attention span, because I was weaned on emails, texts, and instant messages. You know I'm a ...READ»

25 Ways to Bolster Your Relationship Marketing Efforts

If you’ve been following along, you know that I’m working on becoming a ‘meaningful specific’ and that the particular specific in question is relationship marketing. It certainly doesn’t stand alone and I hope to examine how ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Actually, Millennials Do Expect Work Flexibility--Reinterpreting PWC's Survey

“We do not expect work flexibility.” That’s the headline from PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PWC) Millennials at Work global survey of 4,271 recent graduates.  Wow.  A strong statement, and one that completely contradicts what I ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Millennials Working Abroad: The View from Australia

A few weeks ago, I blogged about a young woman from Bangladesh who is launching her career at a U.S. company. For today’s post, I wanted to share the perspective of some American Millennials working abroad.Australia has a special ...READ»

Kenan Samms

Gen Y and the Presidential Election

World, meet Generation Y. If you weren't aware of them yet, you couldn't miss them on Election Day. Barack Obama’s victory is the biggest and most inspiring example yet of the growing influence of Generation Y (born approx. ...READ»

The 5 Fears that Keep Senior Leaders From Enjoying Generation Y

I am convinced that the quality of our living is directly proportional to the quality of our relationships, and it is not uncommon for our relationships to suffer when we are fearful or we feel threated by another person or group ...READ»

Networking: Pick Up the Phone

Just the other day I read that in order to truly connect and form an authentic relationship with someone you need to reach out to people in at least three different methods, typically via email, the phone and a face-to-face meeting. ...READ»

Do You Separate Yourself From the Clutter?

Separate yourself from the clutter. It sounds simple, yet so many companies are incapable of doing it successfully. My favorite bar is my favorite bar because nobody goes there. I can go typically at any point during the week ...READ»

What I Learned From Interning With Seth Godin v1.0

So at the request of Valeria Maltoni and Connie Benson, I want to post with respect to my experience with Seth’s Triiibes project, but things have been frantic around here and I haven’t had time to hash anything out. I had been ...READ»

Kenan Samms
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What I Learned During My Summer Vacation

June through August, when I was young, entailed family trips around the state. In September, when asked about my vacation, I would say brightly, "I visited Mexico, Paris and Lebanon," and then in a quieter voice, ...READ»

My Favorite Blog Posts of July

Wow. The summer is flying by. My virtual internship with Seth Godin has more or less wrapped up, though I will still be helping out/participating with another Squidoo project aligned with the upcoming election, and Triiibes, which ...READ»

Helicopter Parents on the College Campus: Strategies to Help Ease Transition Pains

I was speaking with a College Admissions Director last week. He was telling me story after story about the flood of calls from parents about everything from roommate disputes to asking for vacation time off to wanting the telephone ...READ»

Recruiting Generation Y: 15 Questions You Will Most Probably Be Asked During a Gen Y Interview

As Generation Y emerges into the workforce, there are a few things you can expect to see and questions you will hear.  Here are the biggies:   1) Mom and dad will be highly involved in the interview process and the annual ...READ»

Leadership Lessons We Can Learn From Generation Y

Over the last ten days, I have been interviewed by about a dozen or so talk show hosts…talking about the topic of Gen Y in the workplace, and I have had a lot to talk about and think about. As I am going around the country, ...READ»

You May Be a Helicopter Parent If...

I was speaking with an HR Director last week. He was at a cocktail party, and a 23 year old young man whose father is a close friend of his walked up. The HR Director told the young man how excited he was that he was applying to ...READ»

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ROI Of Social Media For Gen Y Audiences (And How To Convince Your Boss)

Generation Y - roughly those aged 13-29 - are among the strongest consumers and influencers. And while social media like Facebook, delicious, and Flickr have garnered media attention, many businesses are still wary of dipping a ...READ»

Marketing to Generation Y: The Experience Culture

Generation Y. You’ve heard that they don’t watch TV, and you’ve probably been told that they don’t read that much. Your research tells you that you can’t target them through MTV anymore, and you certainly can’t tell ...READ»

Six Pieces of Advice Essential to Strengthening Your Brand

The following is an excerpt from an interview I recently did for Mad Mortgage World’s owner, Daniel Martin. To check out the entire interview go here –> Ryan Stephens on “Marketing Your Brand” for Loan Officers!  ...READ»

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How Do You Attract and Retain Generation Y? Learn From Google, Intuit and Disney

Generation Y (the young men and women born after 1977) are different from other generations in many respects, from their political views to the careers they choose (or don't choose). Their presence in the workplace is truly ...READ»

Generation Y: Stand Up For Yourself in the Workplace

How many times have you tucked your tail between your legs, left your bosses office and wandered back down the hall to begrudgingly complete a task that was incompetent or worse yet not, even in the realm of pertinence? I’ll ...READ»

Helicopter Parents: Are You Hovering Over the Workplace?

It’s that time of year. College seniors from around the world are graduating, and they are hitting the career world looking for a job. And the interesting thing is that most are not doing it alone. Many parents are by their ...READ»

The Top 10 Generation Y Blogs

Since becoming a member of Brazeen Careerist, I have witnessed first hand the emergence of a number of generation Y blogs. The thing about Millennials is that they want their voices heard and collectively they are a very savvy and ...READ»

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