LinkedIn recently surveyed over 10,000 people who changed jobs in 2015 to find out why they made a change. Some interesting findings: #1 reason they left – Lack of advancement opportunities (45%) #1 reason they choose their new employer – Career path & opportunity (59%) I’m convinced that there are always a myriad of reasons behind a job change, but the primary reason is simply the most interesting. I’ve been beating this drum for some time, but it warrants repeating – you must provide a general career path to all new hires today. Many times in sales the thought process is to simply hire a strong salesperson and let them… Read More
Continue ReadingBashing Millennials
Fast Company has an entertaining article written by a CEO of a company that employs almost all Millennials. The article is well worth the read, but let me give you a taste of it: Lazy. Entitled. Fickle. Freighted with their own inscrutable agendas. These are the kinds of things people say about cats — and millennials. For today’s managers, the generation born after 1980 is a favorite punching bag. It’s not hard to see why, given that they’re the generation of Lindsay Lohan, Jersey Shore, and flip-flops as appropriate office footwear. I have been drawn in by these exact topics and I’m an Xer. But further on in the article… Read More
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