5 Ways to Make Your Company Gen Y-Friendly
Facing a potential onslaught of baby boomer retirements and a smaller pool of Generation X employees to replace them, IT managers who want to create or sustain a Best Place to Work environment will need the additional help of another group of professionals: Generation Y. Also known as Millennials, this group consists of nearly 80 million individuals born roughly between 1979 and 1999. They are the workforce of the future.
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Some good points, certainly,
Some good points, certainly, re the youngest generation in the workforce. Work-life balance, in particular. But, come on: Get your facts straight. GenXers (born 1961 - 1981) are *THE* largest American generation, weighing in at 82 million. Millennials are second at 79 mil. Boomers (1943-1960) are third at 64.6 million.Stop the hype about there being no one to replace the retiring boomers, save these new young workers. It's inaccurate. There are more GenXers -- by almost a third -- than Boomers. Check in with the generational theorist super-duo: William Strauss and Neil Howe for accurate generational info. jessienewburn.com