Whether you own a small business or run a Fortune 500 company, you’ve most likely noticed the demands of the workforce are changing.
The shift toward businesses becoming more purposeful within their own organizations, and how they interact with the world has a new calling. With word-of-mouth spreading faster than lightning, almost no industry has gone untouched by the rapid technological changes we’ve seen across the globe.
However, one thing hasn’t changed: If you want to build and grow your business, you must have happy and engaged employees.
How Work is Changing
The Millennial generation has changed the way many organizations function internally as well as how they present themselves to the world. This generation has made it clear: they want careers filled with purpose, flexibility, a warm and welcoming work culture, innovation, and the ability to grow personally and professionally.
However, out of all the aspirations listed above, the number one offering that Millennials want in the workforce is compelling and engaging corporate learning.
And, this generation of learners is not the only group of young people who want more learning opportunities. Generation Z, just about to hit the workforce, also want various opportunities for growth.
Also, according to LinkedIn, Generation Z is even more significant in size than the Millennial generation. There are 61 million people who will eventually enter the workforce, and they are the first group of workers who don’t know a life without the Internet.
LinkedIn noted:
Today In: Small Business
- 76% of Gen Z professionals feel that the skills necessary in today’s workforce are different from the required skills in past generations,
- Similarly, 91% of learning and development leaders agree that the skills for today’s workforce have changed,
- The majority of Gen Z (59%) don’t feel their job will exist in the same form 20 years from now.
