Millennials In The Workplace: What’s
Important To Them

Millennials are those born from
the early 1980s to the early 2000s,so people aged roughly 15 to 35.

86 million millennials will be
in the workplace by 2020 - that's 40% of the total working population.

But how do they think
about work and what’s important to them?

We’ve done the research to
find the key insights you need to know about millennials.

Let’s take a look at
what we found (the results might surprise you)…

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Millennials want work-life balance but
that means work-me balance,not work-family balance.

To millennials,work-life balance means enough
leisure time for their private life.

Spending time with family is
the #1 priority of millennials.

Growing and learning new things
is priority #2.

Millennials want transformational leaders who
use purpose and excitement to challenge and inspire.

68% of millennials want to
learn and improve their leadership skills using online courses.

52% said mentoring is their
preferred method to learn about leadership.

58% of millennials believe communication
and relationship building are the most important skills of a leader.

70% of millennials hear about
new job opportunities from their friends and job boards.

40% of millennials say that
becoming a manager or leader is very important to them.

40% of millennials want a
manager who empowers employees.

83% of millennials would rather
work for a company with fewer layers of management.

64% of millennials say it's
a priority for them to make the world a better place.

79% of millennials want to
work for a boss that will coach or mentor them.

88% of millennials want a
collaborative work culture,not a competitive one.

46% of millennials left their
last job because of a lack of growth prospects in their role

Who are the top 10
companies millennials want to work for?

Google PwC Ernst & Young
Goldman Sachs KPMG Deloitte Apple Microsoft J.P. Morgan Procter & Gamble

How can you hire the
best,most driven millennials?

Build a culture based on
collaboration,communication and learning first and foremost.

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