According to ASTD President Tony Bingham, by 2014 Millennials or Generation Y (the generation born between 1980-2000) will comprise 50% of the workforce. Whether you brand your newest generation of young professionals creative, collaborative and tech savvy; disrespectful, entitled and downright whiny—or something in between—their success in the workplace will determine whether our nation’s recent economic crises are footnotes in history or recurring themes.
Unfortunately, in these difficult economic times, many companies have not developed a systematic approach to onboarding. As a result, young professional new hires—and those employees whose success hinges on theirs—are not set up to succeed. Generational career and workplace expert Alexia Vernon will share simple, easy-to-apply best practices for meeting your young professionals where they are and taking them where they need to be to thrive in your company by the end of their first quarter. This webinar is a must for hiring managers, human resources professionals, trainers, department managers, and other workplace staff in your organization who work with your next-gen workforce.
Alexia will share
- How to create a knockout day 1 experience
- Exactly what young professionals need to know to succeed
- The dos and don’ts of integrating young professionals into your culture
- Strategies for building high-impact communicators
- A foolproof recipe for receiving a return on your expectations
- Tools for keeping young professionals focused on their priorities
- How to create a customer service orientation to remedy inexperience and a lack of professionalism
- Tactics to grow a generation of employees who create company calm
- Tips for funneling the right young professionals into your leadership pipeline
Hailed as “a Millennial superstar setting the bar for America’s next generation of leaders” by bestselling business and workplace author, Alexandra Levit, author Alexia Vernon is an in-demand speaker, International Coach Federation (ICF) certified coach, trainer, and media personality who specializes in helping organizations recruit, retain, educate, and grow their young professional workforce. As a member of Generation Y and with her unique approach to talent development—which fuses coaching, interactive role play, and her infectious sense of humor—Alexia has been an asset to a range of industries, from education, health care, nonprofits, and the corporate sector, and has been featured in hundreds of media outlets including CNN, NBC, Wall Street Journal, CBS MoneyWatch, FOX Business News, Forbes.com, ABCNews.com, TheGlassDoor.com, and Mint.com.