Posts Tagged Multi-generational-Workforce
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#Nextchat Recap: Creating Generational Engagement with Reverse Mentoring
"Every generation needs a new revolution.” – Thomas Jefferson On May 16 at 3 p.m. ET, We Know Next conducted a lively and insightful #NextChat discussion on "Creating Generational Engagement with Reverse Mentoring" with Next Official Blogger, Microsoft's Ross Smith and his reverse mentor Prem…
May 16, 2012 | in Workplace
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#NEXTCHAT: Creating Generational Engagement with Reverse Mentoring
“Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.” – George Orwell When your alarm goes off each morning, and you roll out of bed to schlep off to work, you…
May 9, 2012 | in Trends
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Reverse Mentoring as a Means of Cross-Generational/Cross-Life-Stage Engagement
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. - George Orwell Mentee perspective – Ross I am 48 years old and started working on software before my mentor,…
May 7, 2012 | in Trends
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Cross Generational Engagement (Part 5)
Note: This series is based on the paper My Generation. Generational and life-stage issues affect us both consciously and subconsciously every single day. A survey by Lee and Hecht Harrison tells us that “70% of older employees are dismissive of younger workers’ abilities and nearly…
May 2, 2012 | in Workforce
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#NEXTCHAT RECAP: Promoting the HR Profession to Millennials
Each day HR professionals in companies of all sizes are addressing issues related to planning for the eventual departure of baby boomers from the workplace. There is much talk of succesion planning as it relates to filling key positions and roles within these companies. In the midst…
April 18, 2012 | in Trends
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Even in 2012, What Women Wear Matters
Regardless of whether a woman is just entering the workforce or “of a certain age,” an athlete or secretary of state, beautiful or plain, what she wears to work matters and might affect her career advancement, experts say. According to research published in the Journal of Social Psychology…
February 21, 2012
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Retiree Health Benefits Continue Their Slow Decline
Among U.S. employers, 21.9 percent offered supplemental retiree health coverage to retired employees in 2011—a slight dip from 22.9 percent reported in 2006, according to Compdata Surveys' Benefits USA 2011/2012 report. On average, employees were required to work 12 years for their employer to qualify to receive supplemental health benefits at retirement,…
February 10, 2012
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The Challenges and Rewards of Recruiting Gen Y
The first thing you should know about recruiting Generation Y? According to pioneering generational researchers William Strauss and Neil Howe, workers born between 1982-2000 actually prefer to be called Millennials. That nuance illustrates the essential element to recruiting and attracting the best Millennial talent -- effective communications that speak…
January 20, 2012 | in Workforce
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The Practice of Retirement May Become Extinct
Is it possible the practice of retirement for hard-working employees could be disappearing from America’s social landscape? The concept of retirement has been the ability to relax and enter a phase of life where you pick and choose your activities, vacation with your spouse, volunteer at a local…
January 9, 2012 | in Workforce
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Bold Predictions for 2012
HR is in a boring field. We are in business of mitigating risk and keeping our executives out of trouble. There are very few bold predictions for 2012. Here is my attempt to gaze into a crystal ball and tell you about the upcoming year. This is the year where your…
December 27, 2011 | in Trends
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The Boomer Mindset: Work is Part of Retirement
For many demographers and social scientists, the long-awaited year has come and gone, almost. It was estimated that between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2011, more than 7,000 people would turn 65 years old every single day. Those numbers are astounding. In AARP's 2010 survey of boomers turning 65 in 2011 finds this first wave of the…
December 22, 2011 | in Workforce
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Young Employees Most Likely to Quit, Global Study Finds
Young employees worldwide are more likely than their older colleagues to be weighing a move from their current employers, even though they tend to be more satisfied with their organizations. That finding from a Mercer LLC survey of nearly 30,000 employees in 17 markets across Asia, Europe and the Americas illustrates…
December 9, 2011
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The Multi-Generational Workplace (Part 2)
Note: This series is based on the paper My Generation. The makeup of formal – and informal - organizations has always mirrored that of society as a whole. As societal demographics shift, organizations have no choice but to consume the transformation. A “failure to respond to…
December 5, 2011 | in Workplace
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Avoiding the Boomer Drain
Like most developed countries, the U.S. faces a major demographic challenge. This year, the oldest of nearly 80 million baby boomers turn 65. According to the Pew Research Center, about 10,000 Americans reach that milestone every day. Most organizations can’t afford to suddenly lose such a reservoir of work experience…
November 18, 2011 | in Workforce
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Four Generations of Workers in the 21st Century (Part 1)
Note: This series is based on the paper My Generation. Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. - George Orwell For perhaps the first time in recorded history,…
November 17, 2011 | in Workforce
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SHRM Poll: Intergenerational Conflict in the Workplace
Is intergenerational conflict a problem in organizations? About one-quarter of HR professionals reported substantial levels of intergenerational conflict within their organizations, whereas the same proportion reported that intergenerational conflict was not at all a problem. The top concerns raised by people managers about younger workers were inappropriate dress (55%) and poor…
September 27, 2011
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Eldercare: The New Childcare?
The U.S. is getting older. Americans are living longer, and there are more seniors in the workforce. That means more care-giving responsibilities for everyone. SHRM’s research shows that members feel two key demographic trends are the growth in the number of workers with eldercare responsibilities, and…
September 27, 2011 | in Workforce
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Great Employers Depend on Great HR Teams
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is proud to congratulate the 50 winners of this year’s AARP Best Employers for Workers over 50 Award and the great HR teams behind them. We at SHRM, the world’s largest association devoted to human resource management, applaud the…
September 9, 2011 | in Workplace
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Workplace Flexibility: Changing the Way We do Business
Flexibility in the workplace is imperative. It should be seen as a result-based business strategy—not a benefit. With the variety of employee demographics now in our workforce, the importance of workplace flexibility becomes even clearer. For instance, millennials prefer flexible working arrangements and consider…
August 15, 2011 | in Workplace
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Mixing It Up
With four—almost five—generations in the workplace, tensions can arise through misunderstandings and miscommunication. At least once, a friend has sent you an e-mail with the subject line “You might be a child of the 1970s if …” Or the 1980s or…
August 1, 2011
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Baby Boomers Will Transform Aging, Work, and Retirement
Americans born between 1946 and 1955 will transform retirement by forgoing the tradition of a leisure-filled life. Instead, their financial obligations will encourage many of them to remain in the workforce, some indefinitely, according to a MetLife report, Early Boomers: How America’s Leading Edge Baby Boomers Will Transform Aging, Work …
May 19, 2011
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What should employers consider when recruiting from different generations?
Employers should have a firm understanding of what is important and valued by each of these generations when establishing their recruiting plan. It may help to determine whether potential candidates will accept or reject positions within the organization. Successful recruiting must take into consideration not only the positions that are…
April 15, 2011
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AARP and SHRM Workforce Assessement Tool
The AARP and SHRM Workforce Assessment Tool is a free, confidential tool can help your organization assess your current and future workforce needs. The Workforce Assessment Tool is a resource for HR managers to: Assess how retiring workers will affect their organization Address skill shortage challenges due to staff attrition …
April 11, 2011
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SHRM-AARP Strategic Workforce Planning Poll
Are organizations assessing workforce needs and skills gaps and the potential impact of older worker retirements? SHRM and AARP jointly conducted a poll asking HR professionals about their organization’s strategic workforce planning activities. Among organizations had conducted or planned to conduct a strategic workforce planning assessment to…
April 8, 2011
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Creating Synergy in a Four-Generation Workplace
This case study, written by Ritz Rizzo, MSc, CMC for undergraduate students, is based on generational differences in a metropolitan children’s museum. Employees from four generations - Traditionalists, Baby Boomers, Gen-Xers and Millennials - experienced communication challenges, differing values systems, disparate approaches to work, and interpersonal conflict. Learners…
March 11, 2011
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Planning for Population Shifts
Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the proportion of people younger than age 24 in the U.S. labor market is lower than at any other time since participation rates were first tracked more than 60 years ago. At the same time, the data show that workers…
March 11, 2011
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Times Are Changing: Gender and Generation in the Workplace
This is the first study released using data from the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce. The report reveals two striking trends about gender and generation when the study is compared to data from 1992. First, for the first time since questions about responsibility in the workplace have been asked, women…
February 27, 2011
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Expert: Work/Life Initiatives Start At The Top
Influencing organizational leaders is the top priority in making lasting, effective organizational changes aimed at meeting the need of today’s workforce for flexibility, says Brad Harrington, director of Boston College Center for Work & Family. It must be part of a three-prong approach that includes helping individuals manage…
February 22, 2011
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Millenials: ‘Bathed in Bits’
An ardent defender of youth says they’re smart and collaborative—and will reshape the workplace. Best-selling author Don Tapscott says Millennials—those born between 1978 and 1997, whom he calls the “Net Generation”—are influencing the world of work through…
September 21, 2010
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At Work in 2020
Shape your organization for the future by measuring workforce needs, analyzing trends and being open to new working relationships. Senior executives spend only 3 percent of their workday thinking about the future, according to the Future of Work, a global community of organizations and individuals whose members study workplace trends. In…
August 18, 2010
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