Understanding Gen Y Part 2: why employers need to learn to love them
Businesses globally are unprepared to face the challenges of the changing business environment, as they struggle to manage the demands of Millennial (also known as Gen Y) employees and adapt to disruptions in labour markets. This was the finding from a Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends survey released earlier in 2014. Gen Y are frequently […]
Understanding Gen Y: Part 1
I recently came across an article written by a young man who identified himself as Gen Y (those born between the mid-1980s and 2000). His article reflected on the life of his mother who had served her main profession and few employers continuously and steadfastly throughout her adult life towards the aim of enjoying a […]
The workforce talent quest (why Gen Y don’t want to be ‘retained’)
Most employers agree: retaining talent is at the top of their list of HR priorities. Talent retention is part of the traditional HR approach to people management: ‘resources’ that can be ‘gained, trained, maintained and retained’. Having established the organisational hierarchy and work flow, the cog that fits in that wheel is able to be […]