Generations Baby Boomer, X, Y, and Z But Mostly Y and Z 14 th Annual Accounting Educator Seminar March 6, 2015 Hosted by UMKC, Bloch School and the Department of Accountancy

Generation C (Gen Z) – YouTube Generation Z, Generation C, no matter what you call them, they are in classes right now...

Our Panel Jackie Hinkle – Tracy Hutton – Kurt Roberts – Molly Dowd – UMKC student and BAP member Cayle Orstad – UMKC student and BAP member Cheyanne Youngs – UMKC student and BAP member

Bloomberg reports that Generation Z inhabitants have an 8 second attention span (down from 12 seconds ten years ago). Perhaps this may be attributed to being uber connected to 5 devices at once. How do you see this as advantageous? How might this be a challenge in the workplace? How will you cope? Jackie Hinkle

61% of High-School students report that they want to be entrepreneurs rather than employees. Is there room in the firms for entrepreneurs? Will you have to “settle” for the other 39%? Do you believe entrepreneurial aspirations will evolve based on the actual size of the market for entrepreneurs? Tracy Hutton

Generations tend to swing back and forth like a pendulum. Generations Y and Z are very different, yet Millennials will become supervisors of Gen Z’s. How will you prepare your current junior employees to be responsive to the new class? How can we as educators help in this regard? Kurt Roberts