Much has been written and discussed about Gen Y in the workplace, including in our own webinar with Lisa Orrell. As this article in the Wall Street Journal shows, Millennials are becoming “good workplace citizens.”
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There’s a new new diversity issue employers need to be aware of. We’re getting close to graduation season. As you read this, Millennial (aka Gen Y) Professionals are being actively recruited prior to, and upon, college graduation. Some are already busy navigating the waters of their first professional job since being hired a year or so ago. They are also dealing with a new dimension to diversity this generation creates. Many Millennial employees are claiming to be victims of reverse age discrimination. Continue reading » » Our unbound congratulations to Lisa Orrell. Her book, “Millennials Incorporated“, has been chosen as a finalist inForeward Magazine’s “Book of the Year” competition, out of 1400 entries. The winners will be announced in May at BookExpo America in New York. To watch Lisa, you can catch her recent appearance on ABC’s “The View From the Bay.” The declining economy has brought another unwelcome trend across the U.S.: middle-age baby boomers moving back with their parents. I was recently on ABC’s Bay Area talk show, “The View from the Bay”, discussing it. You can visit my website to view the segment: TheOrrellGroup.com. MORE THAN one-third of retirees have had to help their adult children pay bills this past year. And, the number of multigenerational households has increased from 5 million in 2000 to 6.2 million in 2008. Here’s a basic overview of this growing middle-aged boomeranger dynamic: Continue reading » » In most industries, the jobs picture is bleak. Unemployment is high and new opportunities are harder to come by across the board – almost. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, education and health services continue to project job grow that is much faster than average through 2016. In fact, they predict that a full 30% of all new hiring done will be in these sectors! A significant cause of this growth is the overall increase in spending on heath and education related services relative to the overall economy. But another important cause is the aging nature of many of the workers – at all levels – in both fields. Education and health are ranked in the top tier among all industries that anticipate recruiting and retention pressure as their workforce begins to retire in greater than average numbers. Continue reading » » |
  
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