{"id":3154,"date":"2017-11-15T15:11:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T23:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=3154"},"modified":"2017-11-15T15:11:42","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T23:11:42","slug":"millennials-found-every-persona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/millennials-found-every-persona\/","title":{"rendered":"Millennials are found in every Persona!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In\u00a0my last blog post<\/a>, I discussed the latest Plantronics research on personae, or personality type, and how these personae play a very important role when an enterprise looks to design and build a unified communications system or upgrade the one they have.<\/p>\n

One key point that came out in this research is that Millennials are found in every single one of the eight personae discovered.\u00a0The Merriam-Webster Dictionary<\/a>\u00a0cites the term \u201cMillennials\u201d as generally referring to the generation of people born between the early 1980s and 1990s. Wikipedia says that although Millennial characteristics vary by region, depending on social and economic conditions, the generation is usually marked by an increased use and familiarity with communications, media, and digital technologies.<\/p>\n

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What does this mean for the enterprise? Keep in mind that this group of workers has skyrocketed from only 12 percent of the workforce in 2013 to almost 50 percent in 2017. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Millennials have been the largest generation in the workforce since the end of 2015. This should not be shocking considering Millennials are quickly becoming the most influential population in our market today as they are graduating from college and reaching their peak employment years. Consider this too: the generation will represent nearly 75 percent of the work force by 2030.<\/p>\n

As a result, there\u2019s a really good chance if you\u2019re hiring someone, they\u2019ll fall within this age group. So, if you\u2019re looking to hire top talent and keep them working happily and productively at your company, you\u2019ll need to offer the technology they\u2019re already familiar and comfortable with, and\/or give them a choice of which technology they\u2019ll be able to use once they\u2019re working for you. Otherwise, they won\u2019t be at ease with the provided technology, may look for other job situations that do provide what they are comfortable with and go to those other companies.<\/p>\n

For example, what if a great prospective hire comes along, and the role requires a lot of travel.\u00a0How long is that person going to stay satisfied on the job if your company cannot provide them with things like high-quality, noise cancelling headsets so they can easily conduct business wherever they are \u2013 like in an airport concourse or walking to pick up a rental car?<\/p>\n

In\u00a0a recent Forbes article<\/a>\u00a0titled \u201cThe Millennial Expectation of Technology in the Workplace\u201d, the author writes,\u00a0\u201c<\/strong>Technology has become completely unified into the everyday life of Millennials. They no longer ask for sufficient technology at their jobs; they\u00a0expect<\/em>\u00a0it. Often, this expectancy has been painted as entitlement, but what millennial workers\u00a0really<\/em>\u00a0want are the tools they need to do their jobs efficiently.\u201d<\/p>\n

The workforce is changing fast and so are the needs (and expectations) of high-potential employees. Now, as technology changes on what seems to be a daily basis, it\u2019s important to accept how technology has become an integral part of Millennials\u2019 goals and lifestyle. Give your Millennial employees the tools they need\u00a0to excel at work.<\/p>\n

This post can also be found on LinkedIn:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/millennials-found-every-persona-mathew-miller\/?published=t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In\u00a0my last blog post, I discussed the latest Plantronics research […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":3155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1387,510,508],"tags":[484,1300,1396,559,1326,1397,1398,1386,13],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}