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"Navigating a career is always tough, and millennials \u2014 now the\u00A0single largest age group in the U.S.\u00A0\u2014\u00A0face an especially crowded and competitive environment. But admit defeat they will not. A\u00A0new survey of 11,500 people\u00A0worldwide conducted by\u00A0LinkedIn shows millennials in particular aren't letting anyone stand in the way of their ascent, especially not their work buddies.\nAnyone who has befriended one of these young workers \u2014 ages 18 to 24 in the study \u2014 should beware: Sixty-eight percent of millennials said they would sacrifice a friendship with a colleague if it meant getting a promotion. Baby boomers ages 55 to 65, on the other hand, claim to be more virtuous: Sixty-two percent said they would never even consider it.\nFirst,\u00A0job-hopping millennials\u00A0proved disloyal to employers, and now apparently they\u2019re also disloyal to each other.\u00A0LinkedIn\u2019s survey further suggests many millennials see friendships at work as purely functional: One-third said they \u201Cthink socializing with colleagues helps them move up the career ladder,\u201D compared with only 5% of boomers. Workplace friendships not only made millennials happy \u2014 half of those surveyed said such relationships motivate them, and 30% said these friendships make them productive.\nIt might be tempting to denounce such change, but millennials are inheriting the world, and this might just be the new way. As\u00A0Bloomberg Businessweek\u2019s Matthew Philips\u00A0pointed out, without this\u00A0bulge of young people to offset graying populations, the future would be dire. \u201CThey will mitigate what would otherwise be a much greater strain on the economy,\u201D\u00A0Milton Ezrati, senior economic strategist at the investment management firm Lord Abbett, told Philips.\nHere are some other highlights from LinkedIn\u2019s report:\nRelationships @ Work  from LinkedIn\nSEE ALSO:\u00A0Millennial MBAs Are Selfish, Hard to Please, and In a Hurry"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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