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Millennials hate trophies, but I love my award

by Blake Sunshine on November 11, 2009

Millennials don’t care about trophies, but that doesn’t mean we don’t appreciate recognition.

And the good thing about being recognized is that it reminds you that you still have a lot of room to improve, grow and learn.

Which is why I’m really excited and honored that my coworkers at NI voted me this year’s “Rookie of the Year.”

Award

Millennials may hate trophies, but I love my award.

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Millennials at Work: Don't worry about finding your passion

October 30, 2009

Growing up I used to worry ALL THE TIME that I wouldn’t find the one thing I was good at. In my head if I wasn’t going to the Olympics and I wasn’t famous than I had totally failed at finding my passion. Luckily as I grew older I realized that there were other professional [...]

Millennials at Work: Why paying your dues sucks

October 11, 2009

A common complaint about Millennials that I hear pretty often is that they don’t want to pay their dues at work. Even though I always here this complaint, this past week I found myself complaining to my mom about something work related. (Now I wasn’t sure I even wanted to write about this topic since [...]

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