Personal Interview Research Paper

The most prominent change in the workforce affecting human resources is the rise of a multi generational workforce. Providing different human resource needs to various employees is an emerging challenge for Judie. Being aware of different workplace standards between these generations is taken into consideration to reduce “pain points” (Calvert, 2015). In the interview, she grouped Generation X and Millennials into the same group, and focused primarily on the differences between Baby Boomers and Gen X/Millennials. She described the Baby Boomers as skilled in their jobs and maintaining the implicit

In my interview the interviewee was my dad, and he graciously took the offer of being the interviewee. One of the main moments of him “Coming of Age” was when he finished High school. After his high school life he.. had no plans for anything no plans for college, for a specific role, for anything really, as he states himself “No I did not, I just went straight to work”. He had no idea what to do with him and his 1st of 3 babies already coming, he had to do something. So the first thing he did was well searched for a job. His first job wasn’t fond, due to the fact he had to take subways, trains, and ect. just to get to his job because he had no car. so for him life wasn’t easy at all at the time. Before we continue on des

The Baby Boomers: In today’s fast growing workforce, this generation is known to be hard workers as well as excellent teams players. They are loyal workers, exercise self-control and are self-willed due to the fact that quite a few of the early Boomers had to compete for schooling and jobs when they were teenagers. Because of this, they feel a sense of obligation to fit in and dedicate themselves to their position; usually relishing in the accomplishments of their job. Because of this sacrifice, most Boomers view their jobs with a sense of fulfilment that gives them a feeling of self-worth in light of that achievement. This generation was once leaders; however, now they are being led by the younger generation of workers (Phillips, 2016). The computer made its debut during this era. It was mainly found in the business world and in academia. As a matter of fact, many Boomers seemed to be more suspicious of computers and were resistant to this form of technology. Many however were not subjected to operating computers; And, simply avoided them as much as possible.

The first thing we discussed was how he felt he came of age. “I wanted a job when I was in high school to get money for things like gas, and with that came more responsibility. I had to learn how to manage money” ; he said proudly. He then proceeded to tell me how it affected his daily life. “I could no longer goof around anymore, I had a duty to show up and do a good job. It felt good to be independent and to do my own things for myself.”

The interview took place on November 9 over the phone. The purpose of the interview was to gain a better picture of what the corporate workplace looked like. The interview began with a question asking him about the schooling he had to obtain to become who he is today. His answer somewhat surprised me, “I actually never graduated college. I had entered Cal State Fullerton looking to get a degree in criminal justice. That only meant I had to work even harder in the business world.” This was interesting because he grew up in a different time, a degree wasn’t as important when he started at Costco. He also wanted to emphasize that today a degree was very important.

I interviewed my aunt Karen Sandoval, who’s 45 years old and was born on July 23, 1970. Karen belongs to the over 46,000,000 other generation Xers. She was born in Mexico, but moved over to the United States when she was 6 years old with her parents and siblings. Karen has 12 siblings and was only able to complete High School, because there weren’t that many opportunities for her to go to college at the time in the area she lived. Her parents struggled to put food on the table and support all their kids, so at the age of 15, Karen started to work. Her first job was in sales, working at a jewelry store in Watsonville, California called Latin Jewelers and shortly after Don Robertos. Shortly after getting her first job, her father was laid off.

Replacing Millennials with baby boomers is a problem because they do not want to take on the traditional style of work and life balance. Because of this, Millennials are more than likely to resign from their high-paying positions. Graen & Grace (2014) used the word “traditional” to describe the work life Millennials try to avoid. “Traditional” means repetitiveness of tasks performed at home and work. Millennials leave their high-paying positions because their daily routines of going to work and coming home each day seems boring to them. In the work setting, Millennials become uninterested in their work routine since they have already acquired all of the skills and knowledge required for their positions. Millennials have the urge to work outside

We had two panelists from different generations. Peter Yobo, who is an Ideation and Innovation consultant with PwC US and the millennial voice at PwC. Rosie Ebe Arthur, Who is a baby boomer but described herself as a closet millennial. She is the Human Resource Director for Standard chartered West Africa.

In our chat we reflected on the article and shared our experiences working with different generational groups. Since most of us worked either with Baby Boomers or Generation X we all agreed that it was hard to work with older teachers or colleagues because many times they would be resistant to change, closed minded and a bit controlling. However, we do recognize that these teachers have a lot of wisdom and a great amount of experience to share with us.

This article is written in a particular setting where there is a need to replace the Baby Boomers with a millennial employee in the law library. This group is very used to mentoring and have a great understanding on what it takes to mentor employees. The writer begins the article by defining generations. Each generation is dissected in detail to give readers the best understanding on the differences between generations. Baby Boomers have so many tough life lessons that shaped their morals, ideas, personalities, and characters. In contrast, Millennials had more of a sheltered covered life, they did not have to work as hard to get where they are, so they are made different. Finding the middle ground is the target of the writer to see how the

The person that I interviewed was a 65-year-old man, he was a car dealer when he was younger. For the first question, he responded that his life was way different since now he has health issues, he's not as active in sports, he has fewer responsibilities since his kids are grown up and many other things. When I asked what he liked about not having children at home, he said that he likes not having children at home because he doesn't have responsibilities or obligations since they are on their own now. For the third question, his answer was that he loved everything about retirement, now he doesn't have to wake up at a certain time and he gets to spend more time with his wife and family and he doesn't miss anything. For the fourth question, he said technology was very different when he was in high school, he thinks it was harder to learn and more work without technology. The negatives about these changes are that some students don't pay attention now when they're in class and the positives are less work and easier to learn. For the fifth question, his answer was that it has changed him in many different ways, now he thinks it's easier for him to communicate, but he doesn't like the fact that many people are just with their phones and he feels that he can't have any privacy because anyone can know where he is at and they can call him anytime. He also said it is very challenging for him to learn how to use technology in his age.

The challenges of how the young adults in today's society differ from my own generation what very nicely putten into a sentence done by Hayden Shaw on a TED Talk. “We didn’t have the freedom, choice, or charge to do what the millennial have today” (Shaw, 2016). Which is something that was bitterly true. The baby boomer generation began in 1946, after War World 2, and ended in 1964. Living at home with your parents is a huge known stereotype for the millennial, also with quitting jobs easily and not staying motivated, but this isn’t known as an issue for the other generations. Which is the reason why freedom of choice is the biggest difference between millennial and the other generations. Going into adulthood as a baby boomer was not easy, as it is today, but we didn’t have many different paths to take. After getting out of highschool the choices were to go to college or to get a job, even at times trade schools. If you decided to do neither it would result in being homeless because most parents wouldn’t let their children live at home anymore. The early born of the baby boomer generation would already have children, and

This exercise was great in that it allowed me to relate with the Gen Z’s and realize we aren’t that different. It’s always helpful to be able to relate with those you are mentoring or guiding and I think this was the appropriate exercise to teach us how.

In this study, the most interesting insight I read that the article distinguishes two generations, generation X and generation Y, they have varied on expectation of life. Additionally, the employer should realize to diversities of employee personality in the organization, which might contribute to making a conflict in teamwork such as having the different attitude, not understanding in other characteristics, confident of subconscious and so on. The generation X, who is composed of the parent of generation Y (born between 1965 and 1981), this generation has an optimistic aspect, and also prefer having life balances with working hard. In contrast, the generation Y (born between 1982 and 2000), the generation Y (born between 1982 and 2000), who grew up with enslavement by technology and have more independent (Susaeta et al. 2013). So, I have comprehended the key which might helpful to make deduction of working in the future.

As we chatted he told me about one of his problems with a young man who works for him and the difficulty the entrepreneur has had in teaching him how to get along in business. Apparently the young man has the Millennials’ attitude problem, feeling that he is “entitled to everything.”