The 36th Forward Podcast is an interview with Penelope Trunk, author of The Brazen Careerist, Yahoo Finance columnist and popular blogger.

Penelope’s funny and insightful take on the evolving world of work has made her a sought after resource and in this interview we’ve taken the opportunity to make the most of her advice for twentysomethings in the workforce - the precise audience of the Forward Podcast.

Penelope covers a wide range of issues that the new generation of workers will be dealing with on a daily basis. Her no BS approach, sense of humour and hands on experience in the area seperates Penelope’s thoughts from the norm. It’s widely different advice to what you’re likely to hear from your parents, boss or university lecturer - but that’s precisely why it should be helpful.

As always, your thoughts and comments are welcome - we’d love to hear from you in the comments below.

Show Notes

00:14: Your standard ludicrous Forward intro

04:17: The interview with Penelope begins

Topics Discussed on the Podcast

• Opportunities in today’s workforce for young people and the myth of a job leading to happiness – “happiness comes from relationships, not jobs”
• Things young people might be doing wrong, including an over reliance on parents and taking the wrong expectations into the workforce
• Penelope discusses what she has learnt from starting a business alongside a pair of twenty year olds
• Penelope says that young people shouldn’t cater to a boss who doesn’t understand their different perspective and desires
• Young people struggling to adapt to a workforce that is not structured for their skill sets, goals or experience – “People spend their 20’s worrying that any misstep will mean they’ll miss out on the perfect life with a great job, great personal life and fulfilling relationships – the reality is this life doesn’t exist”
• The difficulties in the changes to social/personal life when you enter the workforce – “it leads to conflict when you are from the most socialized generation in history and you enter a workplace which doesn’t have a social life”
• The strengths young people have in working in teams, but the difficulties young people have when they must work as individuals in the workplace – “trying to translate your skill set to work can make young people feel really lonely”
• Penelope outlines the thinking behind her new company and her goal to allow young people’s voices to spread further and increase their authority – in short change the voice of Generation Y online
• Penelope discounts the concept that experience is the most important factor defining authority “
• The conservative nature of Generation Y, and why this is not a negative

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