Generation Y Learn Soft-skills for Finding and Keeping Jobs

May 23, 2012 - PRLog -- CEO and founder Tinker Barnett has officially put employers on notice: Bridges LLC will help young Generation Y (Gen Yers) who are working ages 16 to 31, be better prepared for the workforce than ever before. Students will see the value of their role at work to its purpose. They will practice skills that are necessary for them to adapt to today’s workplace, to survive it, to get the experience they need, and begin to prepare to lead in a quickly-changing workplace.

Now there is GenLinks – “Make Life Real”, a program to develop in Generation Y an understanding of work as what advances value for the employer, customers, themselves and community. It is four classes over the month of June 2012, for ages 14 through 25, at the beautiful Colorado Mesa University campus in Grand Junction, Colorado.

Despite unprecedented technological and cultural sophistication, employers say Gen Yers lack some of the ‘soft’ skills that are necessary to move up the professional ladder like, manners, awareness of others, perseverance, humility, flexibility and commitment. One of the biggest reasons for this is lack of work experience. This is why Bridges has created a career experience for young people.

GenLinks’ coach Tinker Barnett, prepares young Gen Y employee-candidates for Boomer workplaces they know very little about. With a few hours of teaching about their role in purposeful work, they will be prepared to give their best from day one.

Here are the best reasons to take GenLinks "Make Life Real" classes:

•   Gen Y college graduates say that they wish they had known more about the workplace before they started their first job. GenLinks - "Make Life Real" classes teach you what to expect before you start work.
•   Baby Boomers and coworkers expect things from Gen Yers they don’t know much about - like company loyalty and work ethic. Students will learn about generations and how they bring different expectations to work.
•   Gen Yers will be needed as leaders in the near future and should begin to get ready now. Boomer workers, who have been our leaders, are leaving the workforce at about 10 million a year. There are not enough Gen X employees, ages 32 to 45, to take their place.
Tinker says, “Our purpose in this set of classes is to create a working process for awakening potential in a way that generates within each student an understanding of our present way of working and the essentiality of working to have meaning and purpose so that business can evolve ways of working that generate value within the whole of community.”
Make Life Real classes include:
   
•   Gen Y Survivor in a Boomer Workplace - Navigating the Unknown
•    Interpersonal Communications - Look'em in the Eye, Shake Their Hand
•    Customer Services Boot Camp – It’s Not About You This Time
•   Get Ready to Lead – On the Fast-track to Fill the Gap

Registration is anytime, online at http://www.MakeLifeReal.com. Scholarships are available.
These steps for preparing Gen Yers for the workplace are just part of a “connecting generations” solution to help young people and the businesses that hire them.

The complete solution is outlined in Tinker’s white paper “Workplace Frustration: How to Reduce It and Manage Generation Y For An Increase in Company Profits” at http://www.GenerationalDivideCoaching.com

For media inquiries, to arrange for an interview or an expert quote, please contact Tinker at 970-245-5707, or tinker@bridgegen.net.

Bridges LLC was founded by Tinker Barnett in 2010 to help employers get best performance from young Generation Y. Tinker is an expert mentor of young people and an experienced manager of employees. She recently created Gen Links - "Make Life Real", to teach and coach Generation Y - young people ages 14 to 25 - how to survive, thrive and lead in today’s workplace.