Temps in the 30s and 40s and lots of rain and it's only October! What a beautiful Friday for some links . . . and some hot chocolate:
- The Lost Generation--Business Week has a heartily depressing article on what the recession is doing to young people. This is critical for WIBs to read as they plan for the future. Some key quotes:
Bright, eager—and unwanted. While unemployment is ravaging just about every part of the global workforce, the most enduring harm is being done to young people who can't grab onto the first rung of the career ladder.
Affected are a range of young people, from high school dropouts, to college grads, to newly minted lawyers and MBAs across the developed world from Britain to Japan. One indication: In the U.S., the unemployment rate for 16- to 24-year-olds has climbed to more than 18%, from 13% a year ago.
For people just starting their careers, the damage may be deep and long-lasting, potentially creating a kind of "lost generation." Studies suggest that an extended period of youthful joblessness can significantly depress lifetime income as people get stuck in jobs that are beneath their capabilities, or come to be seen by employers as damaged goods.
Equally important, employers are likely to suffer from the scarring of a generation. The freshness and vitality young people bring to the workplace is missing. Tomorrow's would-be star employees are on the sidelines, deprived of experience and losing motivation. In Japan, which has been down this road since the early 1990s, workers who started their careers a decade or more ago and are now in their 30s account for 6 in 10 reported cases of depression, stress, and work-related mental disabilities, according to the Japan Productivity Center for Socio-Economic Development.
- Creating a Social Media Listening Dashboard (to find out what people are saying about you)--recorded webinar and wiki page full of resources on how to find out what's being said about your organization, programs, services and trends on social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, blogs, YouTube, etc. And if you want to get REALLY technical, here's a very detailed article on how to set up a spreadsheet-based listening post.
- Brand Yourself.com Tutorial--A video tutorial on how to use BrandYourself.com.
- 10 Killer Content Sources for Your iPod Learning Mix--Make that iPod do some learning work for you.
- Online Adolescent Literacy Panel--You can join this October 19 Elluminate session online to interact with the team at The Carnegie Corporation of New York and the members from the TIme to Act Adolescent Literacy Panel for a discussion of their groundbreaking report set to shape the upcoming agenda for literacy reform and initiatives.
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