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Slide 1: The Road to a 2025 Total Force: Talkin’ ‘bout their generation
Slide 2: Welcome to the Real World
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Slide 4: Agenda 1. WORLD 2. USA 3. MILLENNIALS 4. IMPLICATIONS
Slide 5: World vs US Trends
Slide 6: World population trends World population in 2007 : 6.6 billion World population in 2015 : 7.2 billion 2007 Asia Africa N.America S.America Europe 3.67 bn (60.6%) 0.80 bn (13.2%) 0.48 bn (8.05%) 0.34 bn (5.70%) 0.73 bn (12.0%) Source : U.S Census Bureau 2015 4.14 bn (60.7%) 0.99 bn (14.6%) 0.54 bn (7.90%) 0.39 bn (5.70%) 0.72 bn (10.6%)
Slide 7: US population trends Our target group will grow more slowly than the rest of the population 2000 Total pop 17-24 yrs 281 mn 31.18 mn 2015 322 mn 34 mn %Growth 14% 9% Source : U.S Census Bureau
Slide 8: Economic trends Sustained GDP growth in Asia Pacific region 2001-5 China India Europe U.S 9.5 % 6.8 % 2.9 % 3.3 % 2006 10.5 % 8.5 % 2.4 % 2.8 % 2007(f) 9.4 % 7.5 % 2.4 % 3.0 % 2008(f) 9.5% 7.6% Source : EIU Data, EDC Economics
Slide 9: Employment trends Most Rapid Growth : Service sector Most Declining Growth : Manufacturing Sector Education and Health services are projected to grow faster than any other sector ( 30.6%) ‣About 3/10 new jobs created in the U.S will be in Healthcare and Social assistance or private Educational services sectors ‣Service providing industries are expected to account for approximately 18.7 million of the 18.9 million new wage and salary jobs generated over the 2004-2014 period Source : Bureau of Labor Statistics
Slide 10: Employment trends Professional and related occupations will grow the fastest and add more new jobs than any other major occupational group ‣About 3/4th of the job growth will come from three groups of professional occupations ‣Computer and Mathematical occupations ‣Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations ‣Education, Training and Library occupations Source : Bureau of Labor Statistics
Slide 11: College trends Current Average Yearly Tuition, Fee, Room, and Board charges at 4 - year Institutions Source: CollegeBoard
Slide 12: College trends Total Private Four year college expenses : $179,460 Total Public Four year college expenses : $ 75,620 If forecasted @ 5% until 2015 Source: CollegeBoard
Slide 13: Millennials: About them
Slide 14: A Quiz 1) Name a lead singer for the Black Eyed Peas 2) Who said “Don’t be jealous because I’ve been chatting online with babes all day” 3) Who hosted the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards? 4) What is an emoticon? 5) Billie Joe Armstrong is the lead singer for which band? 6) Who is Shiloh? 7) What is Bolt? 8) Who are two main characters on “Degrassi the Next Generation”?
Slide 15: The Answers 1) Will.I.am or Fergie 2) Kip Dynamite 3) Jack Black 4) :) :>) /:>( etc. 5) Green Day 6) Brangelina’s baby 7) A social networking site with 10.9 million unique visitors per month. 8) Emma Nelson, Jimmy Brooks
Slide 16: The youth of tomorrow One electronic device does it all: TV, Internet, Phone, Music, Data, Computing Has never seen a film camera WW1 started a nearly a century before he was born (For Boomers, Civil War started a century before birth) There have always been hybrid cars He has always been online His buddy list spans the globe. Best friend may be Chinese He’s always been able to watch wars and revolutions live on TV and the internet Elvis died 20 years before he was born Satellite radio has been around since he was 5 He has only known two presidents Soviet Union fell 7 years before he was born There has always been one Germany Has never known a world without digital phones or DVDs
Slide 17: Their formative years ‣ ‣ ‣ ‣ ‣ ‣ A series of violent acts occurred during their formative years Oklahoma City bombing Columbine High School shooting Other school shootings 9-11 D.C. sniper
Slide 18: Parent Advocacy after the • In the decades right before and the spotlight onto Millennium, Americans moved kids and their families to ensure their • Protective parents tried safely andthattreated children would grow up be well actually • This generationdeparturelikes their parents, somewhat of a from previous generations • When young people were asked whom they admired, ‘Mom and Dad’ were named most often
Slide 19: Scheduled, Structured Lives • Millennials are the busiest generation of children ever • Take part in so many activities, schedules are micromanaged • Soccer camp, karate club, ballet, football, etc… • They need a planner before middle school
Slide 20: Collaborative decision making with parents Becoming less about taking sides and more about better understanding each other’s motivations and preferences • 90% call their relationship with their mother close; 65% described a close relationship with their father Source : Yankelovitch, USA Today article ‘Generation next, who are they?’’ June 2006
Slide 21: A “Coddled” Generation • Raised by active, involved, “Helicopter” parents • Who challenge poor grades, negotiate with soccer coaches, visit college campuses, question employers, etc.... • “Boomerang Kids”
Slide 22: The Most-Praised Generation • These kids grew up hearing nothing but praise, all the time, everywhere • Recent childhood has been defined by egostroking • Can get disgruntled if not praised for simply “showing up” at work • “Narcissistic Praise Junkies” • • Many young adults feel insecure if they are not regularly complimented e.g. “Celebration Assistant” at The Container Store • Soccer trophy syndrome...I am special
Slide 23: Yet extraordinarily accomplished.
Slide 24: Globalism grew • Millennialsas: up seeing everything in the world • Global • Connected • Open for business 24/7
Slide 25: Fusion Lifestyle. They sample aspects of different cultures and integrate them into their lifestyle. 80% have close friends of a different race or ethnic origin Everything is influenced by more than one culture and style
Slide 26: Personal Goals. Pressure to succeed has become more internally focused. A shift towards meaningful achievements in life. Traditional lifestyles & experiences are now within the reach of a majority of them. Source : Yankelovitch 2006
Slide 27: They are looking around at the stuff they already have and are saying to themselves.. “There must be something more out there.”
Slide 28: Being successful means... Claiming Ownership Being close to family & friends Source : Yankelovitch 2006
Slide 29: Failure means... Not finding your passion Not being true to yourself Compromising your integrity Source : Yankelovitch 2006
Slide 30: COLLEGE. They are taking longer to graduate of first-time • Only 37% at four-year freshmen schools earned their bachelor’s degrees in four years • Another 6% took up to six years Source : USA Today article ‘Generation next, who are they?’’ June 2006
Slide 31: Work can wait • They are not in a hurry to launch careers just out of college • Many travel and take jobs unrelated to their schooling • They have been raised in a climate that emphasized the importance of high self-esteem, making them to appear to challenge the boundaries of corporate behavior “When they have a problem in the workplace, they walk.” – Neil Howe, co-author of ‘Generations’ Source : USA Today article ‘Generation next, who are they?’’ June 2006
Slide 32: Displaying Civic engagement • A spirit of volunteerism and interest in the world around them • • They are applying to service organizations such as AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps in record numbers 66% of freshmen surveyed last fall said it is “essential or very important” to help others, the highest percentage to say so in 25 years Source : USA Today, Jan 2006
Slide 33: This generation lives in a world of dichotomies • Confident… • Demand respect… • Expect to achieve now… ‣Yet yearn for praise ‣Without experience ‣But move back home after college We must be aware of these dichotomies, and how they affect the mindset of millennials
Slide 34: Millennials,Technology and a new Generation Gap How technology is shaping their lives and their perception of the world around them
Slide 35: They are Media Junkies And they are “media multitasking” ‣ Through media multitasking kids are spending 6.5 hours a day with media, but are packing more than 8.5 hours worth of exposure into that time ‣ Younger kids have more and more media devices; of those 8-14 years old ‣ 39% have cell phones ‣ 24% have a hand-held Internet device or PDA ‣ 12% have a laptop computer ‣ 26% of the time young people are using media, they are using more than one medium at a time Source : Pew Internet Research
Slide 36: A mindset of “Continuous partial attention” Share of 24 million U.S teens who: Use the internet 87% 29% Instant Message (IM) 65% Go online every day 44% 25% Keep several IM Conversations going at once Have more than 50 “buddies” on regular IM list 29% IM people in the Same room It’s 7 PM on a Friday. Adam has just sweated his way through his class assignment. (The assignment is “Totally out of control” writes Adam on his on-line school message board minutes later. He then checks a friend’s blog entry on MySpace.com to find out where a party will be that night. Then he starts an Instant Messenger (IM) conversation about the evening’s plans with a few pals At the same time, his girlfriend IMs him a retail store link to see a new PC she just bought, and he starts chatting with her. She is postering for the next Buzz-Oven concert by tacking the flier on various friend’s MySpace profiles, and she is updating her own blog on Xanga.com, another social network she uses mostly to post photos Adam’s TV is set to TBS, which plays a steady stream of reruns like Friends and Sienfield - but he keeps the volume turned down so he can listen to iTunes over his computer speakers. Simultaneously he is actually physically talking to dorm mate Jim who’s doing pretty much the same thing from a lap top on his bed Source : Pew Internet Research
Slide 37: Teens are creating new forms of social behavior that blur the distinction between online and real-world interactions. And largely ignore the difference between the two Adults see the Web as a supplement to their daily lives tap into information, buy books, or send flowers, send and check emails social lives remain rooted in the traditional phone call and face-toface conversation Teens live comfortably in both worlds at once. use social networks as virtual community centers, a place to go and sit for a while (sometimes hours). use their computers for activities such as social networking on average, 1 hour and 22 minutes a day, a nearly threefold increase since 2000. “I tell my students not to treat me like TV. They have to think of me like a real person talking. ” – University of Wisconsin professor Aaron Brower
Slide 38: Creating a whole new language MySpacer Self MySpacer Self MySpacer Self : suuuuuuup!!! (Translation: What’s up?) : wat up dude : nmu (Translation: Not much. You?) : same : went 2 Arctic Monkeys concert : omg!!! (Translation: Oh my god) This is not about just a generation gap, but dealing with a somewhat alien life force.
Slide 39: Fiercely uninhibited. Large parts of their lives end up being online and public, a constant surprise for those in their 30s and above. Meet Caitlin Oppermann
Slide 40: All kinds of opportunities – romantic, professional, creative – all seem to be directly linked to their willingness to reveal themselves online “You’re getting what you’re being”
Slide 41: It is a form of communication where they are aware that anything that they say can and will be used against them, but somehow don’t mind “Why not? What’s the worst thing that is going to happen? 20 years down the road, someone’s gonna find your picture? Just make it sure it’s a great picture”
Slide 42: They think of themselves as having an audience “I always find myself more motivated to write things, when I know that somebody, somewhere, might be reading it.”
Slide 43: They feel they are only one step away from fame “To me, or to a lot of people, its like, why go to a party if you’re not going to get your picture taken?”
Slide 44: It’s theater, but it’s also community A place to think out loud and be listened to, to meet strangers and go deeper with friends
Slide 45: They feel the possibilities are endless— and no qualifications are required 1.5 million MySpace friends Profile viewed >50 million times 3,000-5,000 new friend requests per day A celebrity created not by a studio or a network but fan by fan, click by click, from the ground up on MySpace
Slide 46: These Kids! An adult’s voice over They have no sense of shame. They have no sense of privacy. They are show-offs, fame whores, pornographic little loons who post their diaries, their phone numbers, their stupid poetry - for God’s sake, their dirty photos! — online. They have virtual friends instead of real ones. They talk illiterate instant messages. They are interested only in attention—and yet they have zero attention span, flitting like hummingbirds from one virtual stage to another. Source : NewYork magazine 2007
Slide 47: These Adults! A kid’s voice over Whenever we are allowed to indulge in something you are not allowed to, it makes you bitter. What did you have? The mall and the parking lot of the 7-Eleven? It sucked to grow up when you did! And you are mad about it now. You are always eager to believe that your behavior is a matter of morality, not chronology. (But the truth of the matter is) you didn’t behave like that because nobody gave you the option. Source : NewYork magazine 2007
Slide 48: How they view the Military
Slide 49: Where college life serves as a 4 year incubation period that ‘eases’ a parent-dependent teen into a self-reliant adult…
Slide 50: Discipline Hard work “(If I join the Navy) I’d miss out on having the excuse of being a college kid and being irresponsible.” The military is seen as getting into the frying pan “Your schedule is not even your own. It’s someone else’s.” 4 A.M Wake up call Wearing Uniforms
Slide 51: Teen Perceptions of the Navy Source : 2006 CE - NAVY Qualitative Research on Influencers
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Slide 53: Military not On Kids’ Radar Education-Focused 89% want to go full-time or part-time to a college or university. (2005 TRU) 83% agree that getting an education is very important (2005 Yankelovich Youth Monitor) 68% agree that going to college is the best way for me to get a job. (2007 Navy Youth Attitudes Study) 66% agree going to college is the best course of action for those graduating from high school (2007 Navy Youth Attitudes Study) The draft ended 34 years ago
Slide 54: A Major Disconnect Perceptions of People aged 15-21 Military Service Civilian Job Fewer adults with military service to recommend the Navy 37% 1980 • Experiences that prepare you for a career • Interesting job, not just routine • Work with people you respect • Job where you decide how tasks will be carried out • Something you can be proud of • Earn respect of people who are important in your life • Good paying job that allows you to live comfortably • Receive approval from parents • Have personal freedom 14% 13% 12% 9% 9% 9% 8% 7% 4% 27% 29% 17% 2000 Census Bureau Data 13% 2004 43% 23% 20% 38% 30% 56% All influencers more likely to recommend school than military service 2003 Defense Human Resource Activity
Slide 55: Impact of Iraq War See themselves as less patriotic Less likely to join the military 6% GM-2003 26% 18% 2007 GM-2003 52% 2007 9% AA-2003 47% AA-2003 32% 2007 67% 2007 7% H-2003 32% H-2001 30% 2007 66% 2007 2007 Youth Attitudes Study 2007 Youth Attitudes Study
Slide 56: Propensity to join the military Propensity declines expected to continue 17% GM-2001 8% 2007 22% AA-2001 3% 2015 10% 2007 26% H-2001 4% 2015 10% 2007 3% 2015 2007 Youth Attitudes Study, Projected
Slide 57: Implications for Navy MPT&E
Slide 58: • Many of their experiences have been second-hand •A sizable part of their life has been spent in a virtual world rather than in •the real world. The television/computer screen has always acted as a •‘screen’ that has kept them away from many direct real world interactions. At first contact, the Navy world is going to be too real to digest — akin to the “The real world” in Matrix
Slide 59: • They are optimistic, self-confident achievers who question authority • • • Their ‘BS’ barometer is very high Status and authority will not impress them, bureaucracy and red tape will frustrate them and a patronizing attitude will drive them crazy Perhaps they’ll even expect their parents to “rescue” them. each them. Guide them. Mentor them. ull@*#% them, and they will just walk away
Slide 60: • They will be unrealistically impatient • Used to instant gratification • • And praise They will expect work that is challenging, interesting and that delivers quick results and rewards
Slide 61: • They will demand clarity at work • Believe in getting a simple answer Tell it like it is. They have an aversion towards ambiguous situations—and ignoring an issue won’t go well with them
Slide 62: will expect •Theyis open and an environment that transparent • No matter what, Navy experiences will only be a Google search away will want to and share • Theyothers - evenmanipulate, remixwith their content with about their work friends/parents Expect them to share their Navy experiences to the world. Some of them may not be worth bragging about
Slide 63: •In their world, they expect control over everything music, etc… • When/where they talk to friends, watch shows, listen to The Navy will constitute a world where the control is directed and not taken for granted. This concept can be scary…
Slide 64: • Most of their learnings have been experiential, tactile, and visual • Video games, multi-tasking on their gadgets, etc Provide Experiential and Interactive learning The aging infrastructure and the lecture tradition of colleges and universities are not meeting the expectations of these students raised on the internet and interactive games. A growing number of college professors are using film, audio clips and Power Point presentations to play to their student’s strengths and capture their evanescent attention
Slide 65: • They learn best via trial-and-error method • Video games symbolize a trial-and-error approach to solving problems; losing is the fastest way to master something because losing provides learning More logical, rule-based approach to solving problems might not go well with them. They may fail many times before they master their work
Slide 66: • Their social network will be their lifeline their networks • When they need help they expect to‘ping’ their buddy list on • Their conversations never end in their “always on” world They may not be ready to be uprooted from their “network” of friends and family members They will need a large “social system” in place that will provide them with a lifestyle that comes close to the life that they have left behind
Slide 67: •They will not be necessarily be looking for a long-term career. Their parents’ employers may have had no allegiance to them. Downsizing, no pension, even disappearing industries If the work is meaningful and challenging, they may well become longterm employees
Slide 68: Consider reverse mentoring now
Slide 69: Remember how the previous generation misunderstood you? Try not to do it to them