Generational shift: Gen X-ers embracing their roles as a transitional group; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/4/15

Teresa F. Lindeman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; Generational shift: Gen X-ers embracing their roles as a transitional group:

"Mr. McCoy spends a good amount of time talking about how different life experiences explain some of the disparate views the various age groups hold. In 2011, his office at Pitt began offering a workshop titled “Please Respect My Generation” to faculty and staff, in addition to others on harassment and safety...

Developed with information provided by ATS Media, the materials used in the workshop divide the workforce into five generations.

Mr. McCoy’s list shows the “traditionals” as being born between 1930 and 1945; boomers arriving between 1946 and 1964; Gen X children between 1965 and 1976; millennials between 1977 and 1990; and a group bearing the early name Generation 9/11 — because the World Trade Center tragedy was a defining moment — as those born after 1991.

Those dates don’t necessarily sync up with guidelines that others use to define the generations."