{"id":48346,"date":"2019-05-29T17:31:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T22:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/?p=48346"},"modified":"2019-05-30T11:22:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:22:09","slug":"myths-about-millennials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2019\/05\/myths-about-millennials\/","title":{"rendered":"Myths About Millennials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<h4 class=\"\">It is difficult to define an entire generation as having the same traits.&nbsp; People are the ultimate variable which leads to vastly different traits amongst millions of people in a generation. Some of the early descriptions of Millennials may not be entirely accurate.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\">There are a handful of findings from <a href=\"http:\/\/hrexecutive.com\/new-research-busts-some-old-millennial-myths\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this Human Resource Executive article<\/a> that cut against the conventional wisdom regarding Millennials.&nbsp; Some things are timeless while other factors are somewhat surprising.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The desire to advance within a company is well documented with the younger generations.&nbsp; The Millennials often start a new role with their eye already on the next promotion.&nbsp; However, they seem to have an ulterior motive for moving up:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"\"><p><strong>Hierarchical advancement does matter.&nbsp;<\/strong>Certain models show that recently promoted millennials are substantially more likely to leave their employer, suggesting they may leverage promotions to secure other opportunities.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\">Isn&#8217;t that interesting?&nbsp; We work with our customers to ensure they are plotting a career path for their Millennial workers.&nbsp; Keep it clear or they will look for another opportunity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This next bullet from the article is not surprising.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"\"><p><strong>Supervisors\u2019 characteristics matter.<\/strong>&nbsp;Millennials are far less likely to leave when they report to highly-rated supervisors or to female supervisors. And they are substantially more likely to quit if their supervisor quits.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"\">People like to work for talented bosses&#8230;that is true regardless of generation.&nbsp; Retention can be tied directly to the manager and is a stat you should track for all of your managers.&nbsp; Millennials are just like the older generations in that they tend to not change jobs when they have a strong leader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">There are certainly unique traits amongst the Millennial generation.&nbsp; However, it does appear that perhaps there were a few too many generalizations about the generation.&nbsp; Perhaps they do subscribe to many of the long-standing employment goals and traditions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong><a class=\"btn btn-pill btn-color-5 btn-glow\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us Today<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is difficult to define an entire generation as having the same traits.&nbsp; People are the ultimate variable which leads to vastly different traits amongst millions of people in a generation. Some of the early descriptions of Millennials may not be entirely accurate. There are a handful of findings from this Human Resource Executive article that cut against the conventional wisdom regarding Millennials.&nbsp; Some things are timeless while other factors are somewhat surprising. The desire to advance within a company is well documented with the younger generations.&nbsp; The Millennials often start a new role with their eye already on the next promotion.&nbsp; However, they seem to have an ulterior motive&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2019\/05\/myths-about-millennials\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"index","bgseo_robots_follow":"follow","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29],"tags":[29,730,56],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Myth.png?fit=560%2C315","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-czM","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48346"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48346"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49072,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48346\/revisions\/49072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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