Free food, nap rooms, on-site gyms! these are just a few of the benefits rising in popularity across multiple industries, offered in large part for recruiting Millennials. But what if these perks don't fit your benefits strategy? Luckily, other company criteria are just as important to Gen Y workers, but are often overlooked as recruitment tools. Here are three major factors that attract Gen Y and you likely already offer them.
Workplace technology is an important consideration when choosing an employer for nearly 60% of young workers surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2011. A recent article by Wired.com noted that employees are expecting the same level of technology in their workplace as they do outside of work. Embracing new IT infrastructure and capabilities can serve as an untapped Millennials recruitment strategy, especially if this organizational priority is communicated during the recruitment process.
Recruiting Millennials with 3 Benefits You Already Have
IT Infrastructure: A Requirement for the Digital Native Employee
Have you ever spent a day working with IT on a software issue, or spent valuable meeting time trying to share files with remote employees or project your screen? Once you have, you know all too well that IT infrastructure can indeed be seen as a benefit one that plays a large, but often unattributed, role in employee satisfaction and productivity.Workplace technology is an important consideration when choosing an employer for nearly 60% of young workers surveyed by PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2011. A recent article by Wired.com noted that employees are expecting the same level of technology in their workplace as they do outside of work. Embracing new IT infrastructure and capabilities can serve as an untapped Millennials recruitment strategy, especially if this organizational priority is communicated during the recruitment process.