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The term '''''young professional''''' generally refers to young people |
The term '''''young professional''''' generally refers to young people between 20 and 49 who are employed in a [[profession]] or [[white-collar worker|white-collar occupation]]. The meaning may be ambiguous<ref name="Storm">"I am not sure what "young professionals" means..." [https://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=%22I+am+not+sure+what+young+professionals+means%22 ''After the storm: American society a decade after the Vietnam War : proceedings of the International Conference on "The U.S.A.: A Decade After the Vietnam War"'', 1987, p. 33]</ref> and has evolved from its original narrow meaning of a young person in a professional field.<ref name="Arora">[[Arun Arora]] and Andrew Francis, [https://books.google.com/books?id=IDOQAAAAMAAJ&q=%22young+professional%22 ''The rule of lawyers'' in ''Modernising Britain'', Fabian Discussion Papers, iss. 42, 1998, p. 4]</ref> Although derivative of the term '[[yuppie]]', it has grown into its own set of meanings. |
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==Traits== |
==Traits== |
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The term was originally, and is still used to some degree, to narrowly refer to recent graduates of professional schools serving in professional careers.<ref name="Arora" /><ref name="Taylor">[https://books.google.com/books?id=puMCAAAAMBAJ |
The term was originally, and is still used to some degree, to narrowly refer to recent graduates of professional schools serving in professional careers.<ref name="Arora" /><ref name="Taylor">[https://books.google.com/books?id=puMCAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22young+professionals%22&pg=PA34 John Taylor, '' 'Down With M.B.A.'s' '', New York magazine, November 2, 1987, p. 36]</ref> The term typically refers to people between the ages of 20 and 40. |
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Stereotypically, they can also be viewed as having an "obsession with success" and "plagued with loneliness |
Stereotypically, they can also be viewed as having an "obsession with success" and "plagued with loneliness".<ref name="Lucado">[https://archive.org/details/applauseofheave000luca <!-- quote="a young professional is". --> Max Luca. do, ''The applause of heaven'', 1996, p. 120]</ref> Alternatively, young professionals can be seen as highly spiritual and "seeking a spiritual outlet to balance their hectic working lives".<ref name="Aleph">[https://books.google.com/books?id=k3O390SiHEUC&dq=%22young+professionals%22&pg=PA66 Engaging Generation Aleph: A Resource for Young Adults in the Synagogue, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, ed., 1997, p. 3]</ref> |
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==Impact and connections with larger entities== |
==Impact and connections with larger entities== |
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Young professionals can provide a welcome increase in a local area's tax base and can also create a snowball effect of attracting and infusing young energy and talent into an area.<ref name="Mott">[https://books.google.com/books?id=tUVPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22young+professionals+means%22 |
Young professionals can provide a welcome increase in a local area's tax base and can also create a snowball effect of attracting and infusing young energy and talent into an area.<ref name="Mott">[https://books.google.com/books?id=tUVPAAAAMAAJ&q=%22young+professionals+means%22 ''Neighborhood organizing: nurturing strong, unified voices'', charles Stewart Mott Foundation, ed., 2007, p. 8]</ref> Young professionals can also organize themselves and bring energy to shape communities and alter local or ethnic politics.<ref name="Omatsu">[https://books.google.com/books?id=_xr2kLmUI4YC&dq=%22young+professionals%22&pg=RA1-PA778 Glenn Omatsu, ''"Four Prisons" and the Movements of Liberation'', in ''Asian American studies: a reader'', Jean Yu-wen Shen Wu and Min Song, eds., 2000, p. 178]</ref> |
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Young professionals are courted by larger social and occupational organizations or employers in some contexts,<ref name="WorldBank">[https://books.google.com/books?id=pNtFHAjs2EcC |
Young professionals are courted by larger social and occupational organizations or employers in some contexts,<ref name="WorldBank">[https://books.google.com/books?id=pNtFHAjs2EcC&dq=%22young+professionals%22&pg=PA101 Aart J. M. Van De Laar, ''The World Bank and the poor'', in ''Series on the Development of Societies'', Institute of Social Studies, ed., vol. 6, p. 101]</ref><ref name="GovExec">[https://books.google.com/books?id=f-aFAAAAMAAJ&q=%22young+professionals%22 Government Executive, vol. 26, 1994, pp. 16, 18]</ref> but not in other.<ref name="Kohnen">[https://books.google.com/books?id=mEmFG_Bn5qgC&q=young+professional&pg=PA57 Ryan Kohnen, ''Young Professional's Guide to Success'', 2009, pp. 1, 103]</ref> |
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Young professionals are also heavily targeted by purveyors of career and financial advice.<ref name="Ebony">[https://books.google.com/books?id=2cwDAAAAMBAJ |
Young professionals are also heavily targeted by purveyors of career and financial advice.<ref name="Ebony">[https://books.google.com/books?id=2cwDAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22young+professionals%22&pg=PA128 Lisa C. Jones, ''Money Management for Young Professionals'', Ebony, October 1992, p. 128]</ref><ref name="UglyBetty">[https://books.google.com/books?id=as7vEveVAjoC&q=%22young+professionals%22 Tanner Strasky, ''Find Your Inner Ugly Betty: 25 Career Lessons for Young Professionals Inspired by TV Shows'', 2008]</ref> |
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In the workplace, |
In the workplace, young professionals can be viewed as talented and energetic individuals who present special management challenges<ref name="Student">[https://books.google.com/books?id=GI_DvXBhRVsC&dq=%22young+professionals%22&pg=PA394 Roger B. Winston, Don G. Creamer, and Theodore K. Miller, ''The professional student affairs administrator: educator, leader, and manager'', 2001, p. 394]</ref> or as "cannon fodder" to be cast aside once they are no longer profitable to a business.<ref name="Taylor" /> |
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==As euphemism for "single"== |
==As euphemism for "single"== |
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{{main|singles event}} |
{{main|singles event}} |
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The stigma that developed in the 1970s around singles functions and singles groups led some organizations to switch the name of their singles events to "young professionals events".<ref name="Berk">{{cite journal |first=Bernard |last=Berk |title=Face-Saving at the Singles Dance |journal=Social Problems |volume=24 |year=1976 |issue=5 |pages=530–544 [p. 532] |doi=10.2307/800123 }}</ref><ref name="Fried">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/newrabbicongreg00frie |url-access=registration |first=Stephen |last=Fried |title=The new rabbi: a congregation searches for its leader |publisher=Bantam Books |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrabbicongreg00frie/page/57 57] }}</ref><ref name="UAHC1">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3O390SiHEUC&pg=PA81 |title=Engaging Generation Aleph: A Resource for Young Adults in the Synagogue |publisher=Union of American Hebrew Congregations |year=1997 |page=81 }}</ref> However, other organizations specifically for young professionals insist that they are not "singles groups".<ref name="UAHC2">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3O390SiHEUC&pg=PA96 |title=Engaging Generation Aleph: A Resource for Young Adults in the Synagogue |publisher=Union of American Hebrew Congregations |year=1997 |page=96 }}</ref> |
The stigma that developed in the 1970s around singles functions and singles groups led some organizations to switch the name of their singles events to "young professionals events".<ref name="Berk">{{cite journal |first=Bernard |last=Berk |title=Face-Saving at the Singles Dance |journal=Social Problems |volume=24 |year=1976 |issue=5 |pages=530–544 [p. 532] |doi=10.2307/800123 |jstor=800123 }}</ref><ref name="Fried">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/newrabbicongreg00frie |url-access=registration |first=Stephen |last=Fried |title=The new rabbi: a congregation searches for its leader |publisher=Bantam Books |year=2002 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrabbicongreg00frie/page/57 57] }}</ref><ref name="UAHC1">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3O390SiHEUC&pg=PA81 |title=Engaging Generation Aleph: A Resource for Young Adults in the Synagogue |publisher=Union of American Hebrew Congregations |year=1997 |page=81 |isbn=9780807406410 }}</ref> However, other organizations specifically for young professionals insist that they are not "singles groups".<ref name="UAHC2">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k3O390SiHEUC&pg=PA96 |title=Engaging Generation Aleph: A Resource for Young Adults in the Synagogue |publisher=Union of American Hebrew Congregations |year=1997 |page=96 |isbn=9780807406410 }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Singleton (lifestyle) |
*[[Singleton (lifestyle)]] |
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*[[Yuppie]] or young upwardly-mobile professional |
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*[[Social mobility#Social status and social class|Young downwardly-mobile professional]] |
*[[Social mobility#Social status and social class|Young downwardly-mobile professional]] |
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Latest revision as of 23:24, 22 September 2024
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The term young professional generally refers to young people between 20 and 49 who are employed in a profession or white-collar occupation. The meaning may be ambiguous[1] and has evolved from its original narrow meaning of a young person in a professional field.[2] Although derivative of the term 'yuppie', it has grown into its own set of meanings.
Traits
[edit]The term was originally, and is still used to some degree, to narrowly refer to recent graduates of professional schools serving in professional careers.[2][3] The term typically refers to people between the ages of 20 and 40.
Stereotypically, they can also be viewed as having an "obsession with success" and "plagued with loneliness".[4] Alternatively, young professionals can be seen as highly spiritual and "seeking a spiritual outlet to balance their hectic working lives".[5]
Impact and connections with larger entities
[edit]Young professionals can provide a welcome increase in a local area's tax base and can also create a snowball effect of attracting and infusing young energy and talent into an area.[6] Young professionals can also organize themselves and bring energy to shape communities and alter local or ethnic politics.[7]
Young professionals are courted by larger social and occupational organizations or employers in some contexts,[8][9] but not in other.[10]
Young professionals are also heavily targeted by purveyors of career and financial advice.[11][12]
In the workplace, young professionals can be viewed as talented and energetic individuals who present special management challenges[13] or as "cannon fodder" to be cast aside once they are no longer profitable to a business.[3]
As euphemism for "single"
[edit]The stigma that developed in the 1970s around singles functions and singles groups led some organizations to switch the name of their singles events to "young professionals events".[14][15][16] However, other organizations specifically for young professionals insist that they are not "singles groups".[17]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "I am not sure what "young professionals" means..." After the storm: American society a decade after the Vietnam War : proceedings of the International Conference on "The U.S.A.: A Decade After the Vietnam War", 1987, p. 33
- ^ a b Arun Arora and Andrew Francis, The rule of lawyers in Modernising Britain, Fabian Discussion Papers, iss. 42, 1998, p. 4
- ^ a b John Taylor, 'Down With M.B.A.'s' , New York magazine, November 2, 1987, p. 36
- ^ Max Luca. do, The applause of heaven, 1996, p. 120
- ^ Engaging Generation Aleph: A Resource for Young Adults in the Synagogue, Union of American Hebrew Congregations, ed., 1997, p. 3
- ^ Neighborhood organizing: nurturing strong, unified voices, charles Stewart Mott Foundation, ed., 2007, p. 8
- ^ Glenn Omatsu, "Four Prisons" and the Movements of Liberation, in Asian American studies: a reader, Jean Yu-wen Shen Wu and Min Song, eds., 2000, p. 178
- ^ Aart J. M. Van De Laar, The World Bank and the poor, in Series on the Development of Societies, Institute of Social Studies, ed., vol. 6, p. 101
- ^ Government Executive, vol. 26, 1994, pp. 16, 18
- ^ Ryan Kohnen, Young Professional's Guide to Success, 2009, pp. 1, 103
- ^ Lisa C. Jones, Money Management for Young Professionals, Ebony, October 1992, p. 128
- ^ Tanner Strasky, Find Your Inner Ugly Betty: 25 Career Lessons for Young Professionals Inspired by TV Shows, 2008
- ^ Roger B. Winston, Don G. Creamer, and Theodore K. Miller, The professional student affairs administrator: educator, leader, and manager, 2001, p. 394
- ^ Berk, Bernard (1976). "Face-Saving at the Singles Dance". Social Problems. 24 (5): 530–544 [p. 532]. doi:10.2307/800123. JSTOR 800123.
- ^ Fried, Stephen (2002). The new rabbi: a congregation searches for its leader. Bantam Books. p. 57.
- ^ Engaging Generation Aleph: A Resource for Young Adults in the Synagogue. Union of American Hebrew Congregations. 1997. p. 81. ISBN 9780807406410.
- ^ Engaging Generation Aleph: A Resource for Young Adults in the Synagogue. Union of American Hebrew Congregations. 1997. p. 96. ISBN 9780807406410.