Temple Grandin

Trying to launch a career amid the worst economy in nearly a century is not easy. And not surprisingly, Generation Y continues to suffer worse unemployment rates than the general population in the U.S. According to Generation Opportunity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization promoting employment for ...

Ask Daniel Felner about his $7.65 per hour job as a receptionist at a YMCA branch in New Jersey, and the 26-year-old will get effusive. "Everyone is so pleased with me," he says in a telephone interview. "I get complimented on the way I answer phones. Sometimes I compliment people when they walk in. And most of ...