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Journalistic Reading Course Lesson 2  Boom Time for Gen X? Boom Time for Gen X? I. pre-reading 1. Definition of Gen-Xers 2. For Gen-Xers, It’s Work to Live: Finding the Right Job / Life Balance Definition: Generation-Xers are people born between 1965 and 1976 – 1980, depending on the source. Gen-Xers are independent, enjoy informality, are entrepreneurial, and seek emotional maturity. They want to build a repertoire of skills and experiences they can take with them if they need to, and they want their career path laid out in front of them – or they’ll walk. Gen-Xers also seek balance in their lives now – not when they retire. They seek time to raise their children and don’t want to miss a minute – as their parents did. Gen-Xers also want immediate and honest feedback. For Gen-Xers, It’s Work to Live: Finding the Right Job / Life Balance Jason Walker loves his job at Microsoft Corp. He finds the work interesting, and he gets to wear shorts and flip-flops to his office. What the 34-year-old commercial-account manager loves most, however, is his flexible schedule. Mr. Walker works 45 to 50 hours a week -- about eight hours a day in the office and the rest at home. He can work later if he chooses to ski on winter mornings. By Mr. Walkers standards, a job is only as good as the life it provides, and remaining a ski bum while maintaining a really cool job is worth every minute he spends at the office. Several recent surveys show that younger workers, especially those in Generation X -- between the ages of 25 and 40 -- hold a work/life balance, opportunities for growth and good work relationships higher in importance than generations before them. More than older workers, Gen-X employees view work as secondary to their lives outside the office, these researchers say, whether that means time with their children or time to pursue a hobby. And as baby boomers, now age 41 to 59, approach retirement, employers aiming to hold on to their emerging talent