Generational theory is probably one of the handy tools in human resource management. After all, knowing the motivational preferences of each generation, such as Generation Z Career Motives, is very important for managers. Young people are entering the labor market more and more actively.

So, we will have to figure out what characteristics of Generation Z employees need to know. Plus, we must carefully consider the methods of motivation, which are successfully used and help not only to stay in line but also prevent burnout.

Generation Z Features

To find an approach to the person  to understand their motivation, we need to do some analysis. As always, to identify the peculiarities of a certain generation, an empirical study is mostly carried out. Very often we hear or watch people say that Z is the first generation for whom digital technology and availability of information is a completely natural phenomenon. Well, it’s no secret that this is the case. But is the fact that today’s young people are so addicted to gadgets so bad?

Perhaps it is just difficult for the older generations to realize and accept the fact that they just perceive information differently. Moreover, members of Generation Z think, evaluate, and sift through large volumes of information faster. It’s just that in the modern world of digital technology the sources, form of presentation, and properties of perception of any information data have changed.

But let’s also look at other features of this generation, among which will be both pros and cons.

• Clip mentality

This phenomenon is the main characteristic of the youngest generation. Clip consciousness manifests itself in the perception of information in the form of short, rapidly changing frames. Attitudes toward cliched thinking are ambiguous. Some believe that it leads to an inability to concentrate on long-term tasks. However, most experts admit that people with clip consciousness are characterized by a high reaction rate, the ability to quickly perceive and process information. This quality has another important advantage – it helps to navigate very quickly and make important decisions, which is a big plus in work.

• Ability to brand management

Most of today’s teenagers spend a couple of hours a day communicating on various social networks, creating vibrant themed accounts, perfect images, and effective personal brands. This can also help to develop and improve company work.

• Pragmatism

Generation Z representatives from a young age have an entrepreneurial streak and a desire for comfort. Such qualities become a prerequisite for the development of healthy pragmatism, absolute practicality, the ability to make strictly logical conclusions and find their ways out of various situations.

As for the well-known problems of this generation, the following can be noted:

• Infantilization
• Sick attitude towards criticism
• Lack of concentration
• Burnout
• Tendency to depression

Now that we’ve gotten to the surface of Generation Z, let’s turn our attention to the main issue – motivation.

Basic Ways of Motivation

As for motivation, it has to be approached very carefully. After all, we are dealing with, one might even say, unusually soft people. So, let’s look at the ways that motivate Generation Z.

Let them learn from their mistakes

The manager needs to remember that these people are used to relying on their knowledge and feelings. Representatives of Generation Z have a hard time accepting ready-made solutions, even if they are correct and time-tested. These people need to be able to express themselves. So, the most effective way for them to learn something new is to discuss, offer their ideas, assess the pros and cons. This way of learning will help them draw the right conclusions on their own and come up with the best solutions.

Diminish the criticism

People like to feel appreciated. It’s part of what makes us human and motivates us to keep doing the good behavior for which we’ve been noted.

It is almost useless to criticize people of this generation. It is most likely that in response to criticism the manager will receive no reaction. In their opinion, the anger of the manager indicates only that he/she, does not understand the real picture. To influence the representatives of generation Z, they must be praised. Otherwise, the person will constantly walk away from the uncomfortable situation. It is worth noting that when communicating with them, regular praise does not have to be expressed in money. Of course, this does not apply to the picture where your employees accidentally burned down your office and you praised them for it.

The best motivation is a salary and a convenient schedule

The perfect job for the Z generation is a remote job with a competitive salary. Generation Z people should always be approached individually, their work should inspire them and be interesting for them. If the employer on top of that can provide a flexible work schedule, the person will run errands with a sense of uniqueness.

Career opportunities

It’s no secret that Generation Z will be motivated by job guarantees, as long as the companies align with their brand values. Stability is also key. But a stable salary alone won’t give much motivation or engagement to employees. Representatives of this generation also count on stability and, of course, career advancement, which will lead them to success.

More often than not, these people are looking for jobs that match their talents as well as their interests, either it be in information technology (IT), business, finance, or education. This may be a career that requires college or achieved through trade school.  And, of course, these people need managers who care about them and their career growth.

Respect independence

Generation Z is very independent. While collaboration is very valuable to this generation, and they like being part of a team, they also value their autonomy. Growing up in a technological boom means that this generation is constantly “communicating” online through various social networks, but sometimes they need time to think about and assimilate information on their own. Our challenge is to accommodate these preferences and different messaging styles. You can even use a site survey or an employee survey to determine if your message is resonating or if you need to make some changes. This will show employees that you respect their independence and preferences. It also allows you to best communicate your ideas to employees and overcome confusion.

Conclusion

A modern manager needs to understand the peculiarities of Generation Z: their individualism, their desire to secure their inner world, and at the same time to express it fully through their career. The main thing for a manager is to give these people the opportunity to express themselves and allow them to feel unique. Then they will make very productive employees. Taking into account all the subtleties of this generation is a sure key to the success of your company.

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Poorer exam scores, weaker self-confidence, and a lesser likelihood of high school and college achievement are long-term implications of learning loss. Fortunately, improving specific learning skills only requires a few months of subject-specific study.

Building strong math foundations is elementary school years right up through high school is strengthened when we make math part of everyday life. Here are some ways to incorporate math into a child’s life!

Make Math Delightful!

When children are not overburdened with responsibilities, especially when it comes to classes, homework, extracurricular activities, and so on, they have more time, are less exhausted, and can concentrate better. Select activities that will appeal to both you and your child, and have fun creating memories that you will treasure.

1. Mathematics should be included in the cooking process.

Following a recipe necessitates the use of concepts such as sequencing and counting.

Baking requires precise measurements. Therefore scaling a recipe requires division or multiplication.

You can start with a super easy recipe for shakes and smoothies. Then, once your youngster has mastered following a recipe, double it to test their proportional thinking.

2. Play games that need you to utilize your math skills to improve your arithmetic abilities.

Math-based games include Monopoly, Solitaire, Blackjack, Scrabble, Chess, Blokus, and any board or card game that uses money, keeps score or requires strategy. When traveling, there are numerous entertaining games to play. Games can assist your child in improving their mathematical fluency, logic, and probability skills. It’s also a terrific way to spend time with family and friends.

3. Go on a shopping spree.

Solicit your child’s assistance in locating sales, comparing prices, and calculating a range of things. First, bring your coupons and have them calculate how much you’ll save. Next, go to a farmers market for a pleasant, healthful, math-focused exercise. Then, you can give your child some cash and analyze what they do with it.

4. Visit a science center or museum on a field trip.

A visit to a neighboring science center or museum can be entertaining and informative for you and your youngster. Learn about inventors and innovators, participate in hands-on activities and interactive exhibitions, and improve your mathematical reasoning skills. It’s a perfect setting for your child to pursue a career in science.

5. Do some math while watching sports.

Make math a part of the experience when watching sports with your family or watching a soccer game. Encourage your youngster to collect statistics on their favorite baseball team or player, such as how long it takes for each goal to be scored. Football players can be compared based on touchdowns, yards, and tackles. Your child is capable of taking measures. Comparing them to a regulation-sized court is a good idea.

6. Put on some background music.

At it’s core, music is mathematical. There is a mathematical structure to the patterns you recognize in your favorite tunes.

7. Read math-related books.

One of the advantages of summer is having more time to read. In addition, when math is woven into the story, your child will benefit from being able to think quantitatively.

8. Start your own business.

Summer is the best season to make some additional money for spending. Ask your child to have some business idea or start a new venture with him. It’s a great approach to learn about accounting, costing, and profit management. Try to keep your math skills up by doing math in your head while possible and not always relying on calculators.

9. DIY (do-it-yourself) group!

Your youngster is practicing arithmetic while they work on a home repair project. Working with numbers, spatial thinking, measures, angles, calculating area, and problem-solving, depending on the topic, is a fantastic method for you and your partner to collaborate toward a common goal.

10. Enroll in a math curriculum appropriate for you, such as IB Mathematics.

IB Mathematics is an easy-to-use resource for IBDP math students and teachers. It offers fascinating scenarios in which students must take real-world problems and model them using appropriate mathematical skills that are taught throughout the process of navigating these situations to aid students in meeting the particular mathematics challenges.

In 2021, increased screen time was ranked as one of the top three negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. During this time, the screen time of teenagers more than doubled from the 2019 numbers, increasing from 3.8 hours per day to 7.7 hours per day the following year, not including screen time necessary for activities like schoolwork or listening to music.

Studies also show that a shocking 50% of teens claim to feel addicted to their phones, and an alarming 72% feel the need to immediately check notifications and messages that they may receive.

Social Media and Screen Usage

This increase in social media and screen usage has led to further detrimental experiences among teenagers in the realm of mental health and bullying. It has been reported that adolescents who use social media more than 3 hours per day are at a heightened risk of mental health issues and other negative side effects such as self-esteem issues, diminished body image, or feelings of isolation and loneliness, or even cyberbullying.

For younger children, medical health experts also advise on special restrictions for toddlers ages 18-24 months, and another set of rules for children ages 2-5.

Unregulated Content

Another significant issue with younger people beginning to use social media more often is the accidental exposure to inappropriate content that is unregulated on the internet. On average, children are first exposed to pornography at age 11, while in general, 34% of internet users have experienced unwanted exposure to this type of content while online.

This early exposure can be harmful, as it normalizes unsafe behavior and possible violence, as well as opens the door to the dangerous world of child pornography and sexual abuse. In a shocking 77% increase in just one year, one third of reported child sexual abuse material was self-generated, with 80% of that content coming from 11 to 13 year old girls.

Online Safety for Children

Most parents are worried about their child’s safety online, and support the initiative to create an online environment that is more safe for them and their families. 40% of accidental exposure to inappropriate sexual content online was found by innocently entering simple search phrases into unregulated search engines.

In addition, many young children are exposed to violence prematurely through video games or video content meant for adults. It is not difficult to bypass age verification systems on websites and games, and many of these activities require communication with strangers who are often much older than the child playing.

Guidelines and Limits

Establishing ground rules, good digital habits, enabling parental controls, and keeping an open line of communication with the child are all effective strategies to ensure that minors have a safe and positive experience when using the internet.

Read how parenting styles influence playtime activities offline to help reduce screen time play.

It has been found that the majority of young teens feel more comfortable when their parents use control software to keep them safe online. As the internet and social media continue to develop, there are many options and strategies for families to ensure that their children are having nothing but positive experiences online.

Check out this Infographic of what unlimited screen time can do to kids:

It’s never too early to teach internet safety. Children of every age need to be guided and given boundaries online, including even the youngest family members. Review this internet safety checklist for preschoolers.

Have you ever noticed that children who participate in multiplayer online video games have their own language? They have their internal jokes as well. Many children will like this distinct culture. However, it might be difficult for children who struggle with social skills.

When playing a video game with other kids, these youngsters may have the same issues in actual social interactions. Continue reading to find out how to guide your youngster through internet video games.

Multiplayer online video game culture

Culture refers to a group’s shared habits, language, and values. For example, sports lovers divide the year into seasons based on their favorite sport: football in the fall and baseball in the spring. They are devoted to their teams and may binge-watch on holidays or days when many games are scheduled. They have their slang terms, such as GOAT (greatest of all time).

Kids playing multiplayer online video games similarly have a common culture. Summer is the season for heavy playing. Throughout the year, gamers pay attention to seasonal events. They also have their vocabularies, such as noob (new or bad player) and skin (the way a player looks in a game).

However, there is a significant gap between sports and video gaming cultures. The majority of sports enthusiasts are spectators. While it is becoming more popular to watch people play video games, most gamers are active players who participate. They observe what other players are doing and how they are acting in the game. As a result, they can bully, criticize, and exclude children, just as in the real world.

As a result, children with social skill issues may have the same negative experiences online as in real life. And most of the time, their parents are completely oblivious of what is going on.

Different types of online video games

In the United States, millions of children play video games. On the other hand, parents and caregivers have less or no familiarity with gaming than with school or sports cultures. Everyone has gone to school. Not every parent has played Call of Duty or other online shooting game.

Interaction with people is not required in all video games. On the other hand, Multiplayer online video games like Minecraft and Fortnite are among the most popular. Such games are where the distinctive characteristics of video game culture emerge since kids connect online.

Role-playing is prevalent in several of these games. Children typically take on the role of a character with unique abilities and proceed through a storyline. Some games, although not all, are centered on an adventure.

Multiplayer online games include one or more of the following characteristics:

• Action-oriented: To win or get points, kids must fight, jump, dance, or do other activities throughout the game. From first-person shooter games to arcade games, this broad genre includes everything.
• Cooperative: Children work together to attain a common objective. Kids compete against one another as they play. Fortnite Battle Royale is a competitive game where participants (typically around 100) compete to be the last one standing.

Minecraft, for example, is a sandbox game incorporating cooperative and action features.

Stumbling blocks for children who struggle with social skills

Video games have a lot of advantages for youngsters who have social skills issues. Games may be a lifesaver for youngsters who struggle to connect with their classmates in real life. A gaming hobby can lead to online friendships, but it can also lead to real-life friendships.

Simultaneously, gaming culture may be extremely difficult for children who have difficulty interacting with others. Here are a few of the most common stumbling blocks and how to assist your child in overcoming them.

Trolling

For entertainment, some gamers may harass or antagonize other players. Trolling or cyberbullying is generally anonymous and unpredictable, and it occurs without notice. It may be quite distressing for children.

What you can do: If you discover that your kid is being harassed, you must take the game away from them as soon as possible. Trolls thrive on being seen. If your child fights back in the game, they may encourage further trolling. Most games offer a feature where your youngster may report a trolling gamer. Encourage your youngster to write a report in case of an issue.

Trash-talking

In multiplayer video games, damaging remarks and trash-talking from teammates and opponents are common. Sometimes taunting is lighthearted and harmless. Other times, even between friends, it turns downright unpleasant.

What you’ll need to do: If your child has problems regulating their emotions, it’s critical to establish a clear rule prohibiting them from playing with trash-talking children. Even if they are unintentional, negative comments can significantly influence your child.

Online anonymity

Being anonymous might encourage teenagers to act in ways they might not with known people. Since no one recognizes who they are, they may be cruel. This is particularly true if they are aggressive.

What you can do to help: As a virtual playdate, encourage your youngster to play games with real-life pals. Another alternative is to find a gaming community that focuses on family-friendly games.

Complex social rules

Each game has its own set of social interaction guidelines. In games, just like in real life, social rules are generally not written. They may be difficult for children to comprehend. Other players may become enraged and offended as a result of their actions.

What may be done to help:

1. Learn about the game’s nature, whether it’s cooperative or competitive. You might even need to play the game yourself a few times.
2. Assist your youngster in understanding the social rules.
3. Try to keep your youngster focused on one game for a time so that they may learn what is proper.

Hyper competition

A competitive environment is encouraged by most video game creators as a commercial tactic to keep a game popular. This might be difficult for children who struggle with impulsivity and self-control. If they’re having trouble in the game, they could grow irritable and upset.

What you can do: Remind your youngster that a game is simply a game if they aren’t as good as other children. Assist your youngster in recognizing their other skills.

Benefits of Playing video games

Significant research on the negative impacts of gaming, such as addiction, depression, and aggressiveness, has already been published for decades. We are not arguing that you should disregard it. However, a more balanced viewpoint is required to comprehend the influence of video games on the development of children and adolescents.

According to multiple studies, one general belief is that video gaming is intellectually lazy. However, such activity strengthens a range of cognitive abilities such as spatial navigation, logic, memory, and perception. According to the study’s authors, this is especially true for violent shooter video games. As per a 2013 meta-analysis, participating in shooting games improved the player’s ability to think in three dimensions, and academic courses focused on boosting the same skills.

The previous study has shown the importance of spatial abilities for success in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Therefore this has significant implications for education and career development. Other sorts of video games, such as puzzles or role-playing games, do not induce similar improved thinking.

Playing video games may also help in developing problem-solving skills in youngsters. The more sophisticated video games, such as role playing games that teenagers reported playing, the more their problem solving and school grades improved the following year. Other studies found that playing video games, even violent games, increased children’s creativity.

Simple games, such as “Angry Birds,” which are easy to obtain and play, can boost players’ emotions, induce relaxation, and reduce anxiety. On the other hand, video games are good instruments for teaching failure resilience. Children develop emotional stability in their everyday lives by learning to cope with repeated failures in games.

Benefits for socially challenged children

The socially isolated gamer is another myth that the study debunks. According to the report, more than 70% of gamers play with a partner. Millions of people worldwide participate in enormous virtual worlds through video games like “Farmville” and “World of Warcraft.” Multiplayer games develop into virtual social groups. When this happens, players are required to make rapid judgments to decide who they can trust and reject and how to manage a group.

Children who play cooperative video games, even if they are violent, are more helpful in the long run to others while gaming than those who play competitively.

ADHD therapy: A prescription for gaming?

Studies have identified a technique to transform video games into therapeutic treatment. The FDA has chosen the first non-drug solution to assist children aged 8 to 12 years old having inattentive or combined-type attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is a prescription therapy that should not be used in place of other forms of ADHD treatment, medicine, or educational materials recommended by your doctor.

According to five studies examining over 600 youngsters, the game-based digital gadget strengthened attention. Even though it is a prescription, it is no longer covered by health insurance. It costs $450 for a three-month prescription. For families who cannot afford it, the companies may be able to assist them.

How Virtual Violence Impacts Children’s Behavior

Because science and common sense don’t often agree, it’s doubly rewarding when they do. When it comes to children’s exposure to violent media, science backs up what we already know. What they watch and play affects how they act. Not only does it affect their behavior, but unhealthy gaming also impacts their overall health.

Children exposed to greater violence in their virtual worlds—television, movies, and video games—are more likely to have violent thoughts, aggressive conduct, and angry sentiments in real life.

I believe most people would accept that whatever we do to minimize this violent conduct is worthwhile.

• Try to minimize your children’s exposure to violent content if they are under the age of six. Children at this age cannot discriminate between fiction and reality. Even cartoon violence affects their perceptions of reality.

• Learn everything you can about the content that your kids watch. Take a look at the available industry and Nonprofit ratings. Allow those ratings to assist you in deciding and filtering out what you cannot allow in your home. Remember that a child’s weakest argument is “all my friends are permitted to watch it.” Take a seat and play with your kids. You’ll have a better grasp of an essential aspect of their life and have the opportunity to include an adult viewpoint on what they’re viewing. You’ll undoubtedly have opportunities to discuss and explain your family’s values.

• Examine your children’s games to see what they’re teaching them. Is violence becoming prevalent? Funny? Racist? Are users rewarded with money or status? Or are the severe, long-term effects of violence shown dramatically? You can give children a more realistic view of the effects of violence and the perspective they require.

• Feel free to prevent your children from playing video games that encourage shooting, murdering, or injuring others. Video games may be effective instructors, teaching youngsters how to collaborate and support one another and multitask in specific ways. On the other hand, video games can encourage a sense of perpetual threat and a positive reward for aggressiveness. Violence does not need to be an element of entertainment in the gaming industry because there is so much exciting stuff.

Conclusion

Video games aren’t going away anytime soon. In reality, most experts think that the gaming business will continue to expand – and that it will increasingly target younger children. Make sure you’re participating if your child plays video games, especially multiplayer online games, so that you can assist resolve any issues.

Gaming culture might be complex for children who have difficulty interacting with others. When trolling or trash-talking occurs, it’s critical to shut the video game down immediately. Encourage your youngster to play online video games with their real-world buddies.

People have hoped and prayed for world peace, but no one anticipates aggressiveness or bloodshed to be eradicated from our lives. However, we know that assisting our children in selecting less violent entertainment may significantly impact their behavior for certain children, and that’s a great place to start.