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Help Millennials Get Jobs: Offer Online Learning & Career Resources

WBT Systems

Millennials get their share of depressing headlines these days—like this one from NBC News : “Majority of millennials are in debt, hitting pause on major life events.”. A stunning sad fact: only 22 percent of millennials are debt-free. The state of millennial membership. The state of millennial membership.

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Why Millennials Join Associations and What Associations Can Do to Keep Them

Association Adviser

Despite popular sentiment that millennials are disinterested in joining traditional professional associations, young people are uniquely positioned to benefit from association membership in important ways. Don’t make the mistake of lumping all millennials together or thinking they’re not joiners. .

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Broaden Your Reach to Millennials and Gen Z with Snapchat

Associations Now

In fact, Mattar said that Snapchat is the number-one social media network among generation Z and number two among millennials, whom we’ve oft-heard will make up the largest portion of the American workforce by 2020 [PDF]. Make sure that the majority of your target audience is millennials and gen Z.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.26.18

Reid All About it

Attracting millennial/young professional supporters. The Millennial Generation: A Demographic Bridge to America’s Diverse Future (Washington DC). The millennial generation, now 44% minority, is the most diverse generation in American history. How Much Does an AMS Really Cost? Tue 1/30 at 9:30 a.m. –

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How to Meet the Membership & Education Expectations of Millennials and Gen Z

.orgCommunity

Generation Z and young Millennials are different. New research shows they have much greater price sensitivity and much lower brand loyalty than older generations. The 4 Education Expectations of Millennials and Gen Z. 1: Affordability. Young professionals are experiencing a budget crunch for the first time in their lives.

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What Makes Young Members Tick?

Associations Now

While many from the Gen Z and millennial generations decide to join associations, they’re skeptical about the value and benefits that membership brings. Did you know that by next year, millennials will make up more than half of the global workforce? Price sensitivity. That’s a challenge associations will need to overcome.

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The Lifelong Learner’s Guide to Success: Future-Proofing Your Career, Part Three

Blue Sky eLearn

If you are running a cost-benefit analysis and comparing the price of sending employees to workshops or offering to pay for classes and determine the new skill or concept isn’t worth the investment, then you may want to take a second look. This needs to continue throughout high school and college and into our professional lives.