CAREER TRENDS FOR THE FUTURE Patricia A Parham

REALITY CHECK… The number of Americans under the age of 25 with at least

TOP 10 MILLENNIAL EMPLOYERS 1. Armed Forces 2. Wal-Mart 3. Starbucks 4. Target 5.

Number of Employees? Facebook Wal-Mart 2. 2 million 1. 4 in US Yum! Brands

“BIG DATA” Data scientist: The sexiest job of the 21 st century. Davenport &

REFERENCES Ofek, Elie, and Wathieu. 2010. Are You Ignoring Trends That Could Shake Up

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CAREER TRENDS FOR THE FUTURE. . . Patricia A. Parham, Ph. D. TX Diversity Initiative & UOPX, September 14, 2017

REALITY CHECK… The number of Americans under the age of 25 with at least a bachelor's degree has grown 38 percent since 2000. Wages for young college graduates have fallen in the past decade. In 2016, Gen Y surpassed the number of Baby Boomers in the work force By 2025, Gen Y is expected to comprise up to 75% percent of the total workforce…. …. . yet currently just 7% percent work for America’s largest Fortune 500 companies.

TOP 10 MILLENNIAL EMPLOYERS 1. Armed Forces 2. Wal-Mart 3. Starbucks 4. Target 5. Best Buy 6. Mc. Donald’s 7. Abercrombie & Fitch 8. YMCA 9. CVS Caremark 10. UPS Data and analytics company Identified. com analyzed the Facebook profiles of 4 million Gen -Y users, aged 18 to 29, in November 2011. Of those reviewed, most (90 percent) lived in the U. S. and listed at least one college (80 percent). However, just a third (36 percent) listed a job entry on their profiles, possibly because they view their education as a life-long identifier and their job as more temporary.

Number of Employees? Facebook Wal-Mart 2. 2 million 1. 4 in US Yum! Brands 523, 000 Mc. Donalds 440, 000 UPS 399, 000 6, 000 Apple 50, 000 Google 42, 000 Cloudera 400

“BIG DATA” Data scientist: The sexiest job of the 21 st century. Davenport & Patil, HBR, 2012 Where did the “Data Scientist” come from? “The traditional backgrounds of people you saw 10 -15 years ago just don’t cut it these days. ” What do they do? Program / analyze / communicate Turn data into information Understand communicate What kind of people will companies need to do these jobs? “Hacker, analyst, communicator, trusted advisor”

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REFERENCES Ofek, Elie, and Wathieu. 2010. Are You Ignoring Trends That Could Shake Up Your Business? Harvard Business Review, July – August 2010. Meister and Willyerd. 2010. Ten Trends Shaping the Future Workplace Now in The 2020 Workplace, New York, NY: Harper. Collins. Davenport and Patil. 2012. Data Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21 st Century, Harvard Business Review, October 2012, p. 72 -76.