The same logic can be applied to any generation that is in this stage of life or younger. As we get older, we tend to homogenize and face similar life issues.
The younger we are, the more dramatic each stage of life is. Consider the difference between someone in elementary school and high school. While they might be the same generation, they have very different views and needs. Marketing to young generations as a single cohort will not be nearly as effective as segmenting your strategy and messaging. Each generation label serves as a shorthand to reference nearly 20 years of attitude, motivations, and historical events.
Few individuals self-identify as Gen X, Millennial, or any other name. Ten years from now, the priorities of Millennials will have changed — and marketing tactics must adjust instep.
Remember, these arbitrary generational cutoff points are just that. Whatever terminology or grouping you use, the goal is to reach people with marketing messages relevant to their phase of life.
In short, no matter how many letters get added to the alphabet soup, the most important thing you can do is seek to understand the soup du jour for the type of consumer you want to attract. Before we dive into each generation, remember that the exact years born are in dispute, because there are no comparably definitive thresholds by which the later generations after Boomers are defined. But this should give you a general range to help identify what generation you belong in.
The other fact to remember is that new technology is typically first adopted by the youngest generation and then is gradually adopted by the older generations. This generation has begun to adopt more technology in order to stay in touch with family members and reconnect with old friends. While this might seem counterintuitive, it can be explained by the fact that this generation has the most wealth and is looking to help their children with their student debt.
They have a belief that you should take care of your children enough to set them on the right course and don't plan on leaving any inheritance. With more Americans outliving their retirement fund, declining pensions, and social security in jeopardy, ensuring you can successfully fund retirement is a major concern for Boomers.
However, they are also digitally savvy and spend roughly 7 hours a week on Facebook the highest of any generational cohort. They believe banking is a person-to-person business and demonstrate brand loyalty. These demands put a high strain on their resources. They are looking to reduce their debt while building a stable saving plan for the future.
Cord-cutting in favor of streaming services is the popular choice. They typically have multiple social media accounts. They prefer to shop products and features first, and have little patience for inefficient or poor service.
Because of this, Millennials place their trust in brands with superior product history such as Apple and Google.
The moderately logical boundaries of the Boomer generation set a precedent that in some ways led to the less logical boundaries for the generations that followed. If the final birth year for Boomers is , counting out 15 more years gets you to the Gen X—Millennial border, and another 15 or so gets you to the Millennial—Gen Z border. But these sorts of one-to-one matchups of parents and children become less valid as the average age at which parents have their first child has gotten higher.
That means that, from here on out, even more diversity of human experience has to be crammed into broad generational labels. The march through the Greek alphabet may continue anyway.
Those placeholder names stand a good chance of catching on—so long as nothing important and generation-defining happens in the next half century, of course. Skip to content Site Navigation The Atlantic. While many may flippantly describe all young people as millennials, the term is actually understood to refer to people who were born in the time period ranging from the early s to the mids and early s. The more technical term for millennials is generation Y , as they succeed generation X and precede generation Z.
In , an article published by Time magazine stated that the starting birth years for millennials are or However, as with generation Z, the exact start date for millennial birth years is a topic of debate. Similar to generation Z, millennials are defined as being particularly adept at using technology and social media platforms. They often receive a tough time in the press, with members of the generation being accused of " killing " a variety of things, such as beer, motorcycles and the notion of owning a home.
In August , a report of United Nations data conducted by Bloomberg found that millennials may become outnumbered by generation Z in the near future. The starting birth years for those who fall into generation X have a very large span, with the birth years understood to range from the early-to-mid s to the early s.
However, some have differing opinions over where generation X begins due to the uncertainty over the ending birth years of the post-World War II baby boomers. In a March Pew Research Center survey , half of the oldest Gen Zers ages 18 to 23 reported that they or someone in their household had lost a job or taken a cut in pay because of the outbreak.
In addition, an analysis of jobs data showed that young workers were particularly vulnerable to job loss before the coronavirus outbreak, as they were overrepresented in high-risk service sector industries. Aside from the unique set of circumstances in which Gen Z is approaching adulthood, what do we know about this new generation?
Members of Gen Z are more racially and ethnically diverse than any previous generation, and they are on track to be the most well-educated generation yet. They are also digital natives who have little or no memory of the world as it existed before smartphones. Still, when it comes to their views on key social and policy issues, they look very much like Millennials. Even as immigration flows into the U.
As a result, this generation is projected to become majority nonwhite by , according to Census Bureau projections. In some regions of the U. A look at older members of Generation Z suggests they are on a somewhat different educational trajectory than the generations that came before them. They are less likely to drop out of high school and more likely to be enrolled in college. These changing educational patterns are tied to changes in immigration especially among Hispanics.
Gen Z Hispanics are less likely than Millennial Hispanics to be immigrants, and previous research has shown that second-generation Hispanic youth are less likely to drop out of high school and more likely to attend college than foreign-born Hispanic youth. Gen Zers are also more likely to have a college-educated parent than are previous generations of young people.
Both of these trends reflect the overall trend toward more Americans pursuing higher education. Perhaps because they are more likely to be engaged in educational endeavors , Gen Zers are less likely to be working than previous generations when they were teens and young adults.
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