Generation X encompasses the 44 to 50 million Americans born between 1965 and 1980

Generation X encompasses the 44 to 50 million Americans born between 1965 and 1980 This generation marks the period of birth decline after the baby boom and is significantly smaller than previous and succeeding generations 这一代表明了在 baby boom 后的生育衰落时期 比先 前的和之后的一代明显小 Members of Generation X are largely in their 30 s and early 40 s On the whole they are more ethnically diverse and better educated than the Baby Boomers Over 60 of Generation X attended college Generation X legal professionals 专业人员 hold junior 下级的 partner senior associate mid level paralegal 律师帮办 and mid level support staff positions in law firms They also hold middle management positions in the government corporate legal departments and other legal practice environments Below are a few common characteristics of Generation X Individualistic Individualistic Generation X came of age in an era of two income families rising divorce rates and a faltering 支吾 蹒跚 economy Women were joining the workforce in large numbers spawning 产生 an age of latch key 独守空房 children As a result Generation X is independent resourceful and self sufficient 自给自足的 过于自 信的 In the workplace Generation X values freedom and responsibility Many in this generation display a casual disdain 蔑 视 for authority and structured work hours They dislike being micro managed and embrace a hands off 不干涉的 management philosophy TechnologicallyTechnologically Adept Adept The Generation X mentality reflects a shift from a manufacturing economy to a service economy The first generation to grow up with computers technology is woven 交织的 into their lives As law firms and corporate legal departments integrate 使完整 new technological tools Generation X has learned and adapted This generation is comfortable using PDAs personal digital assistant cellphones e mail laptops Blackberrys 黑莓 移 动电子邮件系统终端 and other technology employed in the legal workplace Flexible Flexible Many Gen Xers lived through tough economic times in the 1980s and saw their workaholic parents lose hard earned positions Thus Generation X is less committed to one employer and more willing to change jobs to get ahead than previous generations They adapt well to change and are tolerant of alternative lifestyles Generation X is ambitious and eager to learn new skills but want to accomplish things on their own terms ValueValue Work LifeWork Life Balance Balance Unlike previous generations members of Generation X work to live rather than live to work They appreciate fun in the workplace and espouse 赞成 a work hard play hard mentality Generation X managers often incorporat 包含吸收 e humor and games into work activities Generation X sometimes abbreviated 缩写 to Gen X is a term used to describe the people born roughly between 1960 and 1980 It is sandwiched 挤入 between the Baby Boomer and Millennial 一千年的 generations Stereotyped 陈腔滥调 as having characteristics such as a lack of direction and cynicism 愤世嫉俗 members of this group they have been influenced by a wide range of cultural and political shifts perhaps most notably 显著地 the development of various technologies Year Limitations 限制 限制 Technical Definition and Numbers Historians do not agree on the exact date range that should be used to define Generation X Some individuals use a starting year as early as 1961 but others push this out to as late as 1965 The early cutoff 中断 is usually 1975 while the late end according to some sources is 1982 With these varying spans of time estimates about the number of people included are anywhere from 46 to 51 million Stereotyped Characteristics The stereotype of Generation X holds that those born during this period feel alienated 疏远 and disenfranchised 被剥夺权利 with the X in the phrase describing the lack of identity these people seem to have They reportedly don t know where they belong and have no real course in life although they know for sure that they are not part of the generations that precede 领先 and follow their own The media often portrays 描绘 them as grunge listening 乏味的倾听 者 coffee drinking 喝咖啡 flannel donning slackers 懒虫 lost in apathy 冷漠 who don t do their part for society as they quietly revolt 反感 against previous cultural ideals 理想 Generally speaking people from this group also don t have a particularly high respect for authority but they have a sense of decorum wanting bosses and other leaders to look at both the good and bad and to judge fairly They want balanced interesting careers and family lives rather than bunches of money and they aren t afraid to brush up their r sum s and apply somewhere else to work if they aren t happy at their current job Although they are detail oriented and will work hard if they have focus their lack of both patience and experience can hold them back and they don t always communicate that well with others Most Gen Xers have grown up and established themselves to at least some degree through jobs families and additional responsibilities of their own The disaffected attitude that pervaded 遍及 the 1980s and 1990s has for the most part generally shifted as a result even though a few people likely still are living the stereotype Additionally some individuals have questioned the widely accepted characteristics usually applied pointing out that statistically those in this group have high voting and volunteering rates despite being somewhat cynical about whether their efforts ultimately will produce the positive effects they want Influences on Attitude Many believe that the transition 过渡 from colonialism 殖民主义 to globalism 全球主 义 and the relative safety many Americans enjoyed after World War II had an effect on people in this group Their parents marched for equal rights and felt the impact of Kennedy s assassination possibly giving them a stronger sense of social responsibility Skyrocketing 价格 飞涨 costs in housing and education in the 1980s and 1990s coupled with 与 结合 intense competition from overachieving 完成的比预期的号 Baby Boomers may also have alienated 使疏远 Gen Xers What They Experienced One of the major advances that influenced this set of people was the increase in practical and entertaining technology Individuals born in this range of time grew up using the first video games and computers and developments like MTV let them share and enjoy the songs that shaped their lives They also grew up through several American presidents most were born during the terms of John F Kennedy Lyndon B Johnson Richard Nixon Gerald Ford or Jimmy Carter and they typically can can recall the elections and speeches of Ronald Reagan George H W Bush and Bill Clinton People from Generation X grew up using VCRs and personal cassette players to listen to musicians and groups like Bon Jovi and Prince and they saw the invention of the microwave which now is a staple household appliance They lived through the death of Princess Diana the fall of the Berlin wall and the controversial invasion of Kuwait as well as the explosion 爆发 of the space shuttle Challenger They also befriended 帮助 pet rocks and viewed Stephen Spielberg s E T The Extraterrestial in the theater Origins of the Term 这个词的起源 这个词的起源 According to some accounts Robert Capa a photographer for Magnum was the first person to use the phrase Generation X using it to describe people growing up after World War II He used it as the title of a photo essay that was published in 1953 Roughly a decade later in a study of British teenagers for Women s Own magazine writer Jane Deverson came across a group of young people who were living outside of acceptable conservative mores by sleeping around rejecting religion and disobeying their parents When the magazine decided not to use the study she co authored a book with Charles Hamblett called Generation X which was published in 1965 The term experienced a resurgence in popularity in the 1990s when it served as part of the title for Douglas Coupland s novel Generation X Tales for an Accelerated Culture The book is a series of stories told by several main characters all of whom are young adults who would seem to represent this generation The name caught on and became a part of popular culture in the US Although people normally use this label in the United States and Canada the idea can be found in many other cultures around the world In France for instance people of a similar age are labeled G n ration Bof which translates to Generation Whatever Such variations have slightly different cultural connotations but the association with a generation born sometime after World War II remains the same Generation X Characteristics on wiseGEEK With these varying spans of time estimates about the number of people included are anywhere from 46 to 51 million Stereotyped Characteristics The stereotype of Generation X holds that those born during this period feel alienated and disenfranchised with the X in the phrase describing the lack of identity these people seem to have The basis of hyperspectral analysis is the physical characteristic of all materials to reflect light from these spectrum ranges in a very specific measurable manner Generation X Born on wiseGEEK Stereotyped Characteristics The stereotype of Generation X holds that those born during this period feel alienated and disenfranchised with the X in the phrase describing the lack of identity these people seem to have There s no official consensus on the beginning or end term of Generation Y and the term may be considered as a pejorative one just as the term Generation X is sometimes used in a negative sense Generation X Age on wiseGEEK Generation X sometimes abbreviated to Gen X is a term used to describe the people born roughly between 1960 and 1980 There s no official consensus on the beginning or end term of Generation Y and the term may be considered as a pejorative one just as the term Generation X is sometimes used in a negativ