{"id":661,"date":"2007-02-14T14:20:16","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T20:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/what-candidates-look-for-by-generation\/"},"modified":"2007-02-14T14:20:36","modified_gmt":"2007-02-14T20:20:36","slug":"what-candidates-look-for-by-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/what-candidates-look-for-by-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"What Candidates Look For By Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I put up a second post, <a href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/what-candidates-look-for-in-a-job\/\" target=\"_blank\">What Candidates Look For In A Job<\/a> on a webinar conducted by Monster and DDI. In that post I highlighted the disconnect between what the candidate is looking for and what the employer believes they are looking for. Age is a factor in the responses and I promised to share that information with you. So here you go, the top 4 reasons by age group in order of importance:<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Less than 20 Years Old<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nA creative\/fun workplace culture.<br \/>\nA compatible work group\/team.<br \/>\nA good manager\/boss.<br \/>\nOpportunities to learn and grow.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>21 to 30 Years Old<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nOpportunities to learn and grow.<br \/>\nOpportunity to advance.<br \/>\nAn organization you can be proud to work for.<br \/>\nA good manager\/boss.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>31 to 40 Years Old<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nOpportunities to learn and grow.<br \/>\nOpportunity to advance.<br \/>\nA good manager\/boss.<br \/>\nAn organization you can be proud to work for.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>41 to 50 Years Old<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nOpportunities to learn and grow.<br \/>\nA good manager\/boss.<br \/>\nAn organization you can be proud to work for.<br \/>\nOpportunity to advance.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Greater than 50 Years Old<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nA good manager\/boss.<br \/>\nAn organization you can be proud to work for.<br \/>\nA compatible work group\/team.<br \/>\nOpportunities to learn and grow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week I put up a second post, What Candidates Look For In A Job on a webinar conducted by Monster and DDI. In that post I highlighted the disconnect between what the candidate is looking for and what the employer believes they are looking for. Age is a factor in the responses and I promised to share that information with you. So here you go, the top 4 reasons by age group in order of importance: Less than 20 Years Old A creative\/fun workplace culture. A compatible work group\/team. A good manager\/boss. Opportunities to learn and grow. 21 to 30 Years Old Opportunities to learn and grow. Opportunity to&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/what-candidates-look-for-by-generation\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-trends","category-worklife-balance"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-aF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":651,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/02\/what-candidates-look-for-in-a-job\/","url_meta":{"origin":661,"position":0},"title":"What Candidates Look For In A Job","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"February 9, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"A few months ago I posted on Why Salespeople Leave which discussed the disconnect between how a company compensates their salespeople and what the salespeople view as a reward. 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