Perhaps no Boston start-up embodies the shifting sands of business and the youthful, risk-taking Gen Y spirit quite like HubSpot. Perhaps that’s because co-founder Brian Halligan himself found success as a 25-year-old, and is now paying forward that risk-taking faith in young talent: 85 percent of HubSpot’s 800 employees worldwide are under the age of 34. HubSpot, and Halligan, clearly know what millennials want and how businesses can change to be more in synch with them.
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NPR recently launched a series of podcasts featuring millennials, in their own words, talking about why companies should start taking them seriously as employees, as leaders, as consumers, and as creators of ever more products and services in our economy. In #NewBoom, NPR ponders why “there are [now] more millennials in the U.S. than there are baby boomers, so why do they get so many eye rolls?”
Millennial reporter Selena Simmons-Duffin expands upon it this way:
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Millennials have called it the great problem facing their generation: How to introduce the rest of the world to a technological culture so billions are not left behind? Digital natives want a networked planet — and they are mobilizing to make it happen.
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Recruiters think millennials are unprepared in many ways, according to Bentley University’s PreparedU study. The job interview, however, shouldn’t be one of them. When it comes to getting ready for a face-to-face meeting, we got the inside scoop on what really works — straight from corporate recruiters at a Bentley Career Fair, with some psychological advice on the side.
Do your homework.
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No doubt, millennials have it tough. It’s hard for them to find jobs in the competitive post-recession economy, and as a generation they feel torn between the modern urban life they crave and the insurmountable cost of living in the top cities. But the American Dream isn’t unattainable for millennials — it just seems to be moving.
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Bentley University’s Millennial Preparedness research study raised a number of issues about millennials in the workplace. In the coming weeks, PreparedU, in a series entitled Generational Voices, will present opinions from millennials and non-millennials alike on a wide variety of these issues. These views may contrast or coincide, but each will provide perspective designed to enhance insights resulting from the PreparedU data.
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More than just a financial powerhouse, Fidelity Investments has been long recognized for recruiting and fostering young talent. Beyond that, Fidelity also is known for giving back to the community by improving the financial wellbeing of students and families through the Fidelity Cares® program and other employee volunteer opportunities.
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Directly or indirectly, millennials sure seem to be actively voicing their opinions about the culture of interpersonal relationships in the workplace: fairness, equality, recognition, and yes, even good manners.
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