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The millennial workforce

The Numerator

By GCN Staff
Mar 26, 2008

Younger workers have a greater comfort level with Web 2.0 and other online technologies than do their elders, according to a Applied Research- West and Symantec survey of 200 workers younger than 28 years old (called "millennials") and another 200 older than that. Some highlights:

	MILLENNIALS	THOSE OVER 28
% of each group who use only company-issued devices and software to do their jobs	45%	70 %
Who access Facebook and MySpace	66%	13 %
Who access Web-based personal e-mail, such as Hotmail	75 %	54 %
Who access streaming audio and video	38 %	18 %

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