When people moan about millennials, I occasionally share the sentiment… however, my response is usually “well, who bred em?” rather than “yeah, who’d have them”.  I also like to point out that it’s their birthright to be different in order to keep pace with the modern world.  Isn’t every generation different to the last? And doesn’t each generation lament change and moan about the young! OK, so the rate of change has sped up but they’re having the last laugh: the world is their oyster: Millennials are usually well educated, cushioned at home, challenging, protected, entitled, smart, impractical, uncommercial, hard working, funny, opinionated and oh did I say smart? Maybe we have had a rate of change that’s created a whole new personality, but each generation has a label, characteristics and certain set perceptions. I tend to feel it is up to us as employers to seek out the right fit for our teams and to interview more stringently to pick out the best and then, our job to learn how to deal with them better – however challenging that process. Millennials are those born between 1982 and 2000 and they now make up 30% of the labour force. In … Continue reading MILLENNIALS – WHO’D HAVE EM?