#VAMACON Preview: Riding The Waves Of Change In The Workforce
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The millennial generation is beginning to take over the work force by storm, and if your company is not ready then your business could be eaten alive. This year the millennials (ages 18-34) will surpass the baby boomer population as the largest generational population in the United States. This is THE opportunity to position your staff to utilize the talent resources of this massive generation to your company’s advantage. If we can get these two massive generations, the Baby Boomers and the Millennials, to better understand and embrace each other, than we will be able to create one cohesive force... teamwork makes the dream work.
"The Multi-Generational Leadership "study, conducted by the Career Network, supports that a growing number of Millennials are managing Gen X , and Baby Boomer professionals in our workforce today.
"As more Baby boomers retire, Millennials are moving into leadership positions and are faced with managing older generations, which they were never trained to do," said Dan Schawbel, Partner and Research Director at Future Workplace and New York Times bestselling author of Promote Yourself. "Millennials need to respect and support the needs and careers of Gen X and Baby Boomers if they want to learn, develop and eventually become the executives corporate America requires to move forward."
If you consider’ Millennials will make up roughly half of the workforce by 2020, it’s clear that now is the time to help our teams embrace their differences and bridge the generational for the betterment of all employees.
