Posts Tagged ‘millennial’Link to Free Panel Discussion About Recruiting and Retaining Gen YAugust 21st, 2009Hi All, Okay, so before I dive into this blog post, I wanted to share some fun news! Today I was interviewed by the New York Times and U.S. News & World Report! And also recently by the Wall Street Journal. Lots of interest in Gen Y (aka Millennial) news and insights! I’ll post links when the articles are published. That’s all. Here’s what this blog post is really about… Last month I was a panelist for an online discussion about recruiting and retaining Gen Y employees. It was hosted/presented by ComeRecommended.com, and 5 other experts were on the panel with me. ComeRecommended.com is an exclusive online community connecting the best internship and entry-level job candidates with the best employers. And was founded by a fabulous Millennial entrepreneur, Heather R. Huhman. It was an interesting format using a service called Cover It Live. So it wasn’t like a webinar or webcast where you could hear us; the questions and answers were all done in a written format. It was pretty cool! Anyhoo, here’s a link to the recording of the event. It’s free so they’re not hitting you up for any money: http://corporate.comerecommended.com/recruiting-retaining-for-less/ Here’s an overview of the topic discussion: Recruiting budgets, staff and overall resources are being slashed all over the country. So, how do you go about hiring quality interns and entry-level employees during these tough economic times? What benefit packages can you offer that are inexpensive to your organization but highly sought-after by young professionals? And once you have them, what are the best practices for retaining Generation Y? These questions and more will be answered by esteemed workplace experts in a free online panel discussion-you won’t even need to leave your desk!
More to share but not enough time to write at the moment! Will write again soon. Bye for now! Lisa How Gen Y At Work is Impacted by The Economic Downturn (Recession!)November 21st, 2008Hi All! I was recently interviewed by Meridith Levinson, Senior Online Editor for CIO.com. She wanted to write an article on how the current recession will impact Millennial-Gen Y attitudes about employment, how they can (possibly) avoid lay-offs compared to older generations, and how they may not be prepared to handle being laid off. My interview with her ended-up making its way into 3 different articles that she wrote related to all this (which is cool!!). Here are links to each one: 5 Reasons Gen Y May Survive Recession, Layoffs Better than Gen X and Boomers 5 Reasons Gen Y is Unprepared to Survive Recession, Layoffs Attitude Adjustment: 5 Things Gen Y Can Do to Survive Recession Layoffs I found the topics to be interesting and she also gathered great info from other people. Thanks for the coverage, Meridith! Enjoy! Lisa |
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