Are young professionals influential in the workplace? Yes, absolutely. If you were to ask this same question a decade ago, the answer would be quite the opposite. We’re responsible for changing traditional methods of communication (think IM, text messaging, emails at odd hours), we’re bolder and more demanding than previous generations and as a population we have a ‘smarter than thou’ presence (this of course attributed to being immersed in technology since birth). More importantly, we’re adaptable to the changing times. Let’s take a closer look at the stats and psychographics around Gen Y @ work, shall we?

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Below you’ll find a quick and dirty snapshot of the Young Professional debt crisis. Have you done a good job of managing your money? Or are you just another statistic? If managing money isn’t your forte, you don’t need to feel alone

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India is set to overtake China as the world’s most populous nation by 2050, while some countries will shrink by nearly 40%, according to new research. The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) says the next half century will see wild swings in population sizes. It predicts that the number of people on Earth will reach 9.3bn by 2050, compared with 6.3bn today.

Check out the shocking graph

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A paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Mass., found that left-handed college-educated men made 15 percent more than their right-handed counterparts did. Among females, however, there was no difference. The data for the study was based on the information of 5,000 U.S. citizens taken from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and represented a cross-section of the overall population.

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Lawrence J. Ellison, founder and CEO of Oracle Corporation for 25 years earned $706,077,000 in 2001 after exercising 23 million stock options that were granted to him ten years earlier.

Assuming a 40-hour workweek, this is equivalent to almost making $340,000 an hour.

–Guiness Book of World Records

We recently put the spotlight on the talents and accomplishments of amazing young professionals across different time periods and across a variety of ethnic backgrounds – check out “What Have You Accomplished? (Part 1)” to see the breakdown of these superstars by odd ages (ages 21-35). This week we fill in the missing even ages so you get a complete picture of young success.

McDonald’s is the largest youth employer in the United States. About 1 in 15 adults in the US worked for McDonald’s at one point in their lives.

7: The percentage of people who have worked for McDonald’s at one point in their life.
–Young Workers United

Every week we spotlight the talents and accomplishments of amazing young professionals across various ethnic Diasporas and professions. This week we’d like to highlight successful young professionals across time and regardless of their ethnicity. Young professionals have the ability to succeed early on in life, and here’s some proof (in addition to the over 500 interviews we’ve published to date) that anything is possible. Let’s break it down by age, shall we?

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The record for the youngest professional artist was achieved by Phoenix Trinity Perego (USA, born 23 April 2004). She had a formal gallery show displaying her work along with a live auction of two of her first works, at The Casement, Florida, USA, on 25 May 2006 when she was 2 years and 32 days old.

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Did you know that the average height for a Fortune 500 CEO is 6 feet tall?

That’s 3 inches taller than the Average American man. What’s more interesting to note is that 30% of these CEOs are 6 feet 2 inches tall or more! Now compare that with the fact that only 3.9% of the overall United States population is also of this height. Some more interesting height stats? Surveys have also shown that less than 3% of CEOs were below 5’7″ in height and that 90% of CEOs are above average height.

—SixWise.com