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this statistic shows the estimated global distribution of employment by the year 2020, by generation. According to this statistic, Generation Y, also known as Millennials, will probably make up 35 percent of the global workforce by then.
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this statistic shows the estimated global distribution of employment by the year 2020, by generation. According to this statistic, Generation Y, also known as Millennials, will probably make up 35 percent of the global workforce by then.
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- According to the source, this data is "based on an analysis of UN population data. The term 'Millennial' is interchangeable with 'Generation Y' and refers to those born between 1982 and 1996, ages 20-34."
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- According to the source, this data is "based on an analysis of UN population data. The term 'Millennial' is interchangeable with 'Generation Y' and refers to those born between 1982 and 1996, ages 20-34."
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- Difference in importance of career development between Millennials and Baby Boomers in the United States in 2015Importance of career development between U.S. Millennials and Boomers 2015
- Top five reasons for millennial women in their early thirties to work in companies in the United States in 2016Five most common reasons given by millennial women for working in companies U.S. 2016
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