SHRM 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION

ATTRACT AND ENGAGE THE NEXT GEN WORKFORCE: HOW TO HIRE

BLAKE MCCAMMON | JUNE 30, 2015 | @RBLAKE

June 28 – July 1 Las Vegas

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MILLENNIALS & GEN Z AND WHY IT MATTERS

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SHRM 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION ABOUT ME!

Blake McCammon Community & Operations Mgr

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Over 900,000 articles on Millennials in the Workplace

•  Why Millennials Can't Grow Up •  11 Tips for Managing Millennials •  8 Things You Need to Know about Millennials

•  How to Help Millennials Shine in the Workplace •  Millennials struggle with confrontation at work

•  Millennials: The Next Greatest Generation?

•  The Millennials Are Generation Nice •  6 Secrets to Millennials' Workplace Happiness

MILLENNIALS IN THE NEWS

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SHRM 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION WORKPLACE GENERATION BREAKDOWN

Millennials became the largest generation in 2014.

Millennials will become the largest workforce by 2025.

Average tenure for Millennials is only two years. Gen X(5),

Baby Boomers (7).

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SHRM 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION TECHNOLOGY AND GENERATION SHIFTS HAS CHANGED THE WORKPLACE, NOT MILLENNIALS

It’s not Millennials changing the workplace, it’s a shift in generations and types of technologies being introduced.

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SHRM 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION ATTRACTING MILLENNIALS IS MUCH EASIER THAN YOU THINK!

Attracting Millennials is much easier than you think!

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SHRM 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION TECHNOLOGY AND GENERATION SHIFTS HAS CHANGED THE WORKPLACE, NOT MILLENNIALS

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SHRM 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION THE SCIENCE BETWEEN GENERATIONAL STEREOTYPES

Scientific studies reveal that there are no outlying characteristics

that define the Millennial generation that doesn’t define

Baby Boomers and Generation X.

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SHRM 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION ATTRACTING MILLENNIALS - LOOK BEYOND PROFITS

Look beyond profits. •  Focus on employee growth. •  Help them find a purpose.

6 of 10 Millennials are looking for a purpose in their

workplace.

•  Be socially responsible

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SHRM 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION ATTRACTING MILLENNIALS – SHOW LEADERSHIP

Show authentic leadership in your industry.

•  Be an innovator •  Be passionate

Treatment of employees is #1

•  Be ethical

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SHRM 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION IS THIS WHAT YOU’D LIKE IN YOUR COMPANY?

Do these types of characteristics sound like a company Baby Boomers &

Generation X would like to work for?

Most likely.

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SHRM 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION RECAP

So what does all of this mean to practitioners?

•  Don’t put all your eggs in one basket when trying to attract Millennials.

•  As technology changes learn to adapt quickly.

•  Don’t believe everything you read when it comes to Millennials.

•  Treat employees as individuals and not their generation.

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ATTRACT AND ENGAGE THE NEXT GEN WORKFORCE: HOW TO HIRE MILLENNIALS & GEN Z