How Different are Millennials?
By Stephanie Critchfield on Tuesday, April 1st, 2008Atlanta’s Business to Business magazine published an article today called “The Millennials cometh” about the “next generation workforce” - people between the ages of 18 and 24, also called GenYers.
The article, written by Allison Shirreffs, was prompted by “a soon-to-be-published study by global professional services firm Towers Perrin indicates the things that make Millennials happy and engaged at work are also, give or take a little, what make GenX and Baby Boom-aged employees tick.”
It’s a very interesting article. But, I simply had to share it because our very own Amy Griswold is quoted and referenced throughout the article! In fact, our Recruitment Manager, Dave Church, is also quoted in this piece.
(Amy Griswold, Spunlogic Account Manager)
Give the article a read online, and we’d love to hear your thoughts on Millennials. Do you think their needs and interests in terms of work life are really all that different?
As an olde timer (note the olde spelling), I am always curious about how the digital age will impact relationships long term. It will be interesting to see how texting/instant messaging/Facebook wall posting/etc. will change the way we relate to each other over time.
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Very good article! Way to go Amy!
I find the changing nature of the workforce very interesting. Gen Yers are drastically different than the Baby-Boomer generation in several facets of work. For example, in terms of management style, Gen Yers typically don’t respond well to the command and control type management style of the past. In terms of work/life balance, they expect their jobs to accommodate their family and personal lives.
As a “young” person at the very end of the GenXers, I’m drawn to workplaces that embrace the iGen. I tend to skew more GenY in my tendencies than GenX and love seeing how life is evolving. It’s exhilerating and keeps me wanting to hear more of what they have to say.
I think companies are going to need to adapt to the up and coming generations more quickly than the other way around. The pace of life is just too fast to play the “wait and see” game that some older, more established firms are doing now.