In exactly 10 days (and a few hours) I will be sitting on a panel with 4 other Gen Y voices at what will be my second adventure to SXSW. We are speaking on Why Gen Y Wants to Work “With” You, Not “For” You. Because our topic is so much about generation y as a whole, and the fact that we are not a fan of those who try to stereotype Gen Y, we’ve created a blog (well and actually a twitter & a Facebook fan page) and have been asking people to submit 2 minute videos with their thoughts on how managers can better connect with Gen Y.

I am so excited by the insight in all of the response’s we’ve received so far. It’s been fun to see how willing the gen y community is to get involved.

Jenny Blake who works in Career Development at Google was the first person to address both sides of the equation in her video. In doing so, she gives some great advice about Gen Y taking ownership of their career. Her exact words are “no one else is going to do it for you.” I could not agree more!

Check out Jenny’s video:

We’d love for you to submit your own video, or guest post if you’re not so much into video and let us know what you’d like to see from your managers. Follow sxsgeny.com to keep up with the conversation!

PS: If you’ll be at SXSW and we haven’t yet connected about meeting up, let me know!