WEEKLY EDITION SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Bank on the Value of Your Millennial Workers
And How to Do It
By Emily Newberg, PSAI Director of Membership and Credentialing
Millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996, now make up a majority of the U.S. workforce, according to Pew Research.
This generation is confident, diverse, civic-minded, and tech-savvy. Although every generation has brought with it changes in
work culture, Millennials are likely to read about themselves that they are entitled, self-centered, unprepared for the real world,
oversensitive, and a bunch of know-it-alls, according to a recent article in silconrepublic.com.
This bouquet of stereotypes is so fraught with thorns it's hard to imagine anyone absorbing that and then saying, "Alright
world, I'm ready for an
interview!" Yet, the
changes we are seeing in
this new workforce are
arguably going to make
life better for everyone.
We at the PSAI are
increasingly hearing from
our Members that they
are concerned about
Millennials in the
workplace. For that
reason we bring you four
reasons you'll want to
attract them, and a few
ideas to keep them
invested in your
company.
They Can Multi-Task Like You Wouldn't Believe
With much talk of Millennials being lazy, I challenge you to replace that with "extremely efficient." A hard-working Millennial
may not appear the same as your star employee in previous years, but they're probably doing three times the amount of
work in a digital environment. Millennials learned how to gather data before they learned how to type; they're at home in the
digital world. In the time it takes you to export a PDF, they've possibly sent a personal message of your latest product to
companies throughout the world, exchanged a few IM conversations, updated your social media pages, and uploaded a new
profile pic to boot.
If they look bored, it's not from a lack of understanding or work ethic, explains Susan M. Heathfield at thebalancecareers.com --
you are simply not taking advantage of all their tech-savvy and thirst for professional development. Take a look at your parental
leave policy and make sure you are considering a good work/life balance that this "work-to-live" (not "live-to-work") generation
seeks.
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