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With majority of Millennials in the workforce today, curtains are down on an era where employees stuck with just one company. Changing companies were not taken in a very positive light, back then. Even today, many companies and leaders harbor resentments toward employees who leave.
We don’t own our employees’ careers. We have thousands of employees, but each employee only has one career and one life to live. So, how can we begrudge employees for doing what they feel is best for themselves?
Fall is a great time for employers to hit the “refresh” button and make sure they have employed an effective plan to keep both new and long-time contributors engaged and professionally fulfilled.
Back in the 80s, the famed public opinion analyst and social scientist Daniel Yankelovich coined the term, discretionary effort to describe patterns that emerged as he studied work ethic-related practices of American workers with his partner, John Immerwahr.
Our best and most loyal employees are not always the ones who “hit the ground running.” More often, they are the ones we’ve helped to learn new skills and grow.
The 4IR is already transforming the type of work people do, and how it’s done, leaving many behind. And by 2030, an estimated 1.8 billion youth worldwide will not have the skills or qualifications required to participate in the workforce.
Currently, there are more than 56 million millennials either actively participating in the workforce, or searching for a job. This unique generation has caused numerous challenges across a variety of industries with their different character traits and job requirements.
It’s time we admit we got millennials all wrong. They were supposed to be the lazy, entitled generation on whom we could not count for more than a year of their time. They were supposed to be stubborn children who wanted positive reinforcement—even when the occasion did not warrant it.
You may think that technologies supporting employee recruiting involve automated job postings, resume filtering, and applicant screenings. Yet have you ever considered how modern team collaboration tools can help companies attract and retain the talent they are looking for?