Insights from 14th Annual Accounting Educator Seminar on Generations Y and Z
Explore perspectives on Generation Y and Z from the 14th Annual Accounting Educator Seminar, covering topics like attention spans, entrepreneurial aspirations, and preparing junior employees for the future workplace dynamics. Gain insights from industry experts and students on the challenges and advantages presented by these generational shifts.
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Generations Baby Boomer, X, Y, and Z But Mostly Y and Z 14thAnnual Accounting Educator Seminar March 6, 2015 Hosted by UMKC, Bloch School and the Department of Accountancy
Generation C (Gen Z) YouTube Generation Z, Generation C, no matter what you call them, they are in classes right now . . . http://img.youtube.com/vi/0r23dJyDmgg/0.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r23dJyDmgg
Our Panel Jackie Hinkle McGladery Tracy Hutton BKD Kurt Roberts KPMG Molly Dowd UMKC student and BAP member Cayle Orstad UMKC student and BAP member Cheyanne Youngs UMKC student and BAP member (Jackie.Hinkle@McGladery.com (Thutton@BKD.com) (KJRoberts@KPMG.com)
Jackie Hinkle Bloomberg reports that Generation Z inhabitants have an 8 second attention span (down from 12 seconds ten years ago). Perhaps this may be attributed to being uber connected to 5 devices at once. How do you see this as advantageous? How might this be a challenge in the workplace? How will you cope?
Tracy Hutton 61% of High-School students report that they want to be entrepreneurs rather than employees. Is there room in the firms for entrepreneurs? Will you have to settle for the other 39%? Do you believe entrepreneurial aspirations will evolve based on the actual size of the market for entrepreneurs?
Kurt Roberts Generations tend to swing back and forth like a pendulum. Generations Y and Z are very different, yet Millennials will become supervisors of Gen Z s. How will you prepare your current junior employees to be responsive to the new class? How can we as educators help in this regard?
