SOC101 Introduction to Sociology

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This article is a comparative study with the focus topic on job tenure of the present young population compared to the generation X. The U.S. department of labor collects the data of job tenure every two year since 1950s as a part of the population survey.

This research had been conducted on the young generation between the age group of 18 to 35 as of 2016 and considered as Millennial. This population was likely to born in the period of 1981 to 1998. Similar data had been acquired from the labor department of U.S. for the generation X that is the generation of the year 2000. These informants of 2000 were of the same age as the current generation.

The primary research question that was aimed for answering through the article was the shift of employee tenure over generations. The comparative study of both the generation between the mentioned age group reflects that there is little modification occurred over the 15 years of time.

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The research that had been implemented in the article for the completion of the report was the survey method. Furthermore, the data used in the article is secondary data. These data were collected by the labor department of united State using the survey method. They are collecting this data since 1950s as a part of population survey. The research in this article accumulated the data using secondary data collection method. Secondary data are those particular data that had been collected for the purpose other than the current research and already underwent statistical analysis. The sources of these data that are used in the article are gathered from the labor department of United States census report.

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The focus of the research was to compare the trend of employee tenure between the generation X and the current Millennial. The findings of the research communicates that there are minimum modification in the numbers that reflects the employee tenure in the past and the present. Additionally, the Millennial are reflecting the tendency of sticking to one job for longer period when compared to their counterparts of generation X. The minimal job shifting trend was evidenced among the population since 1980s. Moreover, the second key finding that can be identified from the article is the relation of educational qualification with the employee tenure. The results reflected in the article narrates that educational qualification of the workforce is directly related to the employee tenure. The college graduates are less likely to hop over jobs compared to the high school graduates. The article further identifies that factors like the duel carrier households, decline in middle skill jobs, occupational licensing and health does not have any sorts of influence in the existing trend. Additionally, higher wage or job security also fails to justify the trend. However, dearth of opportunity of getting better job can be a reason for the longer tenure trend visible in the Millennial.

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Though the research is successful in identifying the trend of longer employee tenure present in the Millennial as well as the generation X; it fail to propose any sort of evidence behind the reason of the trend. This leaves the opportunity to carryout research for the identification of the factors that influence the Millennial to stick longer with their employers. The future research can further seek answers for identifying how exactly the educational qualification of the employee influence the employees in sticking longer with a single employer.

These follow-up questions selected for future research is based on the need of identification of the influential factors in employee tenure. It will further provide opportunity for making assumption on how the tenure trend might change over time if the influential factors are modified.

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 Being a college student, I, like any other college student seek a stable job for making might carrier smooth. Sticking to a particular job for a longer period facilitates in gaining experience in a particular job profile that ultimately facilitates creating employee value. Like most of the middle class population, I seek to stabilise my life in a certain standard, which the job tenure successfully provides. This can be relating to most of the people of United States. Hence, longer job tenure can be a psychological factor that is transmitted through generations. I find it suitable for having a stable life due to the examples I have in my hand. One of hate significant example that I can put forward is of my father, as he also believes in longer job tenure.

The article left a gap in identifying the role of the society and culture in this particular trend among the population. Furthermore, the article only focuses on the educational status of the individual following the trend and fails in identification of the influence of class related to the matter. Hence, the two additional questions that can be formulated from the article are:

• Does society and culture have signification role in the trend of longer job tenure?
• How class can be related to the topic and influence the job tenure?