The characteristic of millenials wanting, expecting, and even demanding 24/7 service seems to be accurate. One issue that millenials seem to bucking the trend is the conventional way of obtaining goals such as with jobs and careers. There does not seem to be the only path of the conventional way to obtain a job, resume, interview and staying at a job for many years.
The portability of retirement accounts. The mobility of millenials, and still being able to stay in touch with friends and family illustrates no longer such a great reluctance to leave an area (assuming financial needs can be met).
There does seem to be a lack of understanding and interest in history or the way things were typically accomplished. It is unclear as to why this, but it may be because the past's methods and rules do not appear to be valid and directly applicable to today. I would think that it is hard for millenials to imagine that a typist was a job that was necessary and even popular in the past.
I don't know if the technology does not lend itself to wanting to find out more about the past or the newest technology provides the immediacy of emphasis for the present and does not focus on the past and history.
David
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Just last night (9/14/07) during a visit with my cousins, I spoke about the lost art of letter writing and the value of hearing the human voice over the telephone. It is too bad that emoticons cannot produce for millenials the same effects that are possible with the two older means of communication.
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