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Can technology cause the gap between generations?

Can technology cause the gap between generations?

By Shreya PoudelPublished 3 years ago 5 min read
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Can technology cause the gap between generations?
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According to a survey from PayScale, the average age of employees is almost 35 in many of the most successful companies in the technology industry. While the relationship between age and technology use is unpredictable, the growing inequality in the industry is not surprising. Technology can bridge the gap between generations by influencing how adults learn to use new technologies.

Aside from the fact that many companies focus too much on the generation gap, it seems to depend on how different generations perceive and use technology. Younger generations are more willing to embrace new technologies and look to the future, while older members of society are reluctant to change. This is often written down as thousands of years are the new generation, but many older people are left behind as things change.

According to Forrester Research, 31% of millennials believe that their technology is better at home than at work. Not surprisingly, they were called Generation C. As the millenniums grew into leaders, the workforce from generation to generation became a growing obstacle.

While many baby boomers are considering career openings and retirement strategies at work, companies can use technology to bridge the knowledge gap and help people manage succession. Collaborating and learning from colleagues "daily communication is not only a challenge for entrepreneurs, but also for their employees, so the task of closing the generation gap seems to be a technical gap. theirs is not working well, they will be forced to adapt to the proliferation of new technologies to close the generation gap.

More than 74 percent of millennials believe that new technologies have made their lives easier compared to 31 percent in Generation X and 18 percent of developing children. One could say that the luxury of the new generation will be technically proven as it helps to find new ways to make the product and better productivity of our lives. The machine speaks, they say, and now is the time to open and apply the knowledge of retired workers so that the new generation can reap the rewards of hard work.

Young generations have different ideas when it comes to technology, which is reflected in working attitudes. While younger workers see technology as a tool that enables them to be more productive, older generations view the practice negatively. To combat this, companies have to put in place remote work, technology-driven communication tools and related benefits, and policies that address the changing needs of each generation.

Forrester's recent research has shown that thousands of years ago they see technology as a critical part of their lives and careers. The younger generations ahead of the hot technology line see technology as an important part of our lives and while thousands of years or Gen Z remembers the time before communication, they are bold and uncompromising when it comes to technology. While younger generations are used to using technology to this day and age, thousands of years often expect their technology to work and grow as their needs grow.

We do not know more about technology than older generations. The only difference between my generation and the older generation is that we lived without these technical aspects and never had them. My generation watched TV and bought newspapers, but many have embraced technology and used their phones to make calls.

For example, the names of major groups such as Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, Generation Z, and Generation Alpha mark each generation's styles and have their own cultural influence. While I do not link Gen Z with a thousand years together, there is a measurable difference between the younger generations and the technology they use. There is a difference in our ability to use technology compared to older generations and how we understand how we connect.

In contrast, Generation X (people born in the early 1960s and "1970s) have access to the Internet and online banking, shopping, and posting on social media, but technology in many cases is not an integral part of their social life. The use of the devices themselves is influenced by age according to the Pew Research Centers Internet and the American Life Project, which studies how different generations use technology. Unexplained generational divisions exist in all aspects of the social and personal spheres, but it has never been more obvious in the technology sector where one or two generations are of digital descent and some are immigrants or immigrants according to the developmental stage of adulthood.

Both of these age groups use smartphones, social media, cloud, and other technologies, but young children grow up with televisions, fax machines, cell phones, and the Internet. Research has shown a clear link between age and willingness to adopt new technologies, with younger generations willing to adopt them. More than 74 percent of millennials believe the new technology will make their lives easier, compared to 31 percent of the X generation and 18 percent of boomers.

While different generations share the same drugs in job aspirations, reports on the multi-generational workforce, including Comptia Research (2018), highlight concerns about the growing technological divide between generations. This is of great concern to Y and Z generations, as the need for workers is expected to be surrounded by technology.

Today’s multi-generational workers have different backgrounds and experiences, with baby boomers, Gen X, and millennials who are very different in adopting and using technology. These behaviors and selected technologies lead to a productive niche in technology, as employees, shaped by their own experience, demonstrate different skills and willingness to introduce new technologies.

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