Engaging Millennial Stars

"71% of the Millennial workforce saying they're either not engaged, or actively disengaged in the workforce today" - Recent Gallup Report: How Millennials Want to Work and Live

Compared to the other generations there are actually fewer who are actively disengaged (16%) So 55$ are in that middle group - just 'not engaged' and they're turning up every day at work saying 'show me'.

Not surprisingly 'meaning & purpose' topped the list. My experience working with young people is that they want to work for purpose-driven organizations, but also want to feel a connection to individual purpose and a sense of journey. They want to feel they can develop and move forward.

I've had the greatest pleasure working with Millennials and helping them to connect with visions of their success. I'm always told they feel life is so fast, and they're dealing with so much information that they rarely have the opportunity to take a step back and really explore what really matters to them, and what their success could look like,

Also from the report, opportunities to learn and grow is the number one most important thing to Millennials when they're looking for job opportunities. 68% of them who've had opportunities to learn and grow with their current company plan to stay there another year, and 87% consider opportunities to learn and grow the most important aspect in looking at jobs.

Only 39% consider they've learnt something new, and slightly less than 1 in 2 believe they've had the opportunity to learn and grow in the past year. Only 1 in 3 who had the opportunity to learn and grow felt it was worth their time.

93% said the last time they changed roles they had to leave their employer, so it's critical for employers help their Millennials understand that they don't need to go somewhere else to keep developing.