Attracting the 'twentysomething' worker
Attracting the twentysomething worker (via A whole generation viewed with equal parts admiration and contempt)
"... I had a conversation with the CFO of a big company in New York,” says Tamara Erickson, co-author of the 2006 book “Workforce Crisis,” “and he said, ‘I can’t find anyone to hire who’s willing to work 60 hours a week ..."
Those working at the top level in large corporations must be scratching their heads wondering why they just can't get workers like they used to get. People who will put in the hours for a chance to move up a level, aiming for the corner office. So they must get confused when the next generation won't play by corporate rules. What they don't know (or want to know) is the leading edge of new companies are adapting. Becoming decentralised, focused on shorter term projects in smaller teams. Calling expertise when they need it.
This isn't new. Toffler came to these conclusions in Future Shock looking at American industries in the 60's. [0]
It isn't that the younger generations don't want to work. They are, but like Mammals to the Corporate dinosaurs, they are doing it in smaller more "fluid network of smaller independent units".
Choosing the Hi-Res instead of the monolithic. [1]
Reference
[0] Alvin Toffler, "Future Shock, Bantam Books, 1970, ISBN 0-553-27737-5"
[Accessed Wednesday 22nd July, 2009]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Toffler#Books
[1] Paul Graham, "The High-Res Society, 2008DEC",
[Accessed Wednesday 22nd July, 2009]
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Attracting the 'twentysomething' worker
Attracting the twentysomething worker (via A whole generation viewed with equal parts admiration and contempt)
"... I had a conversation with the CFO of a big company in New York,” says Tamara Erickson, co-author of the 2006 book “Workforce Crisis,” “and he said, ‘I can’t find anyone to hire who’s willing to work 60 hours a week ..."
Those working at the top level in large corporations must be scratching their heads wondering why they just can't get workers like they used to get. People who will put in the hours for a chance to move up a level, aiming for the corner office. So they must get confused when the next generation won't play by corporate rules. What they don't know (or want to know) is the leading edge of new companies are adapting. Becoming decentralised, focused on shorter term projects in smaller teams. Calling expertise when they need it.
This isn't new. Toffler came to these conclusions in Future Shock looking at American industries in the 60's. [0]
It isn't that the younger generations don't want to work. They are, but like Mammals to the Corporate dinosaurs, they are doing it in smaller more "fluid network of smaller independent units".
Choosing the Hi-Res instead of the monolithic. [1]
Reference
[0] Alvin Toffler, "Future Shock, Bantam Books, 1970, ISBN 0-553-27737-5"
[Accessed Wednesday 22nd July, 2009]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Toffler#Books
[1] Paul Graham, "The High-Res Society, 2008DEC",
[Accessed Wednesday 22nd July, 2009]
next >>>