We’ve all been labelled by society in one way or another depending on which decade or range of decades we were born in.
Even the decades that describe Millennials have been disputed and some have even decided different ranges. The USA Census Bureau believe it to be 1982–2000, basically the decades of the 80’s and the 90's.
So a Millennial born in ’82 is going to be 36 this year!
Wow and I thought Millennials were just folks in their 20's.
Both my stepsons are millennials and don’t I know it. They appear to have been born with mobile phones in their hands. It’s not my intention to judge either of them and I’m not going into detail on both of them except to say that I will be fascinated to see what long term jobs they end up in. Of course there’s no such thing as long term job any longer in fact it wasn’t even when I was working.
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As I ponder how Millennials may impact the place of work, I’m seeing gaming rooms instead of table tennis tables, I’m seeing working hours stretched and redefined, home working for parents becoming common place and values/coolness being the biggest reasons why they may decide to join your company.
More insights on Millennials can be found on Wikipedia and I have to say it’s frighteningly accurate especially the Peter Pan concept, because of the members’ perceived tendency for delaying some rites of passage into adulthood for longer periods than most generations before them.
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By 2020, potentially 50% of the workforce will be made up of Millennials. We better have flexible working practices in place to get the most out of them.
Happy Snapping!