Hannah L. Ubl

The Millennial generation, just like Boomers and Xers, has a long list of traits associated with them. If you are managing individual or a group of millennials, you will want to associate yourself with their most common traits. In the nature of KISS (keep it simple, stupid), these are the traits most commonly associated with the generation born between 1980 and 1995.

Millennials can bring many positive traits to the floor. It is your job as a manager to recognize what these are and how to apply them in the workplace. Take a look at these positive traits. Taking advantage of the tech-innate If you say to non-Millennials that Millennials are tech-innate, you’re likely to get one of two responses: “Duh, everyone knows that!

Millennial moms are a big part of the workforce. How wonderful is it that the world now is less June Cleaver and more Lorelai Gilmore? Working mothers have had to chart an unknown and obstacle-ridden path for decades, and now Millennials are clearing their own way. What she looks like To get an understanding of how this working mom is different from generations past, consider the following: She is sharing.

Don’t think that because Millennials prefer informal dress, the best course of action is to throw out all your company standards and give them free reign to show up in their ripped denim and graphic tees. Instead, consider how you can move the needle and adapt what you already do in a way that doesn’t sacrifice your company’s culture.

Perhaps you’ve had the experience of managing Millennials who are so dedicated to doing something flawlessly that it appears they can’t do anything by themselves. They ask numerous questions and prefer to be shown every single step in the process before they attempt it. While to some this may feel like hand-holding or needy, the Millennials in question are simply attempting to avoid making a mistake.

This Millennial persona is the one that other generations love to hate. It’s who the media depicts in nearly all of its headlined articles, like “Why Millennials hate fabric softener” and “Top gifts this season: The best beard gadgets for your Millennial nephew” or “Thanks to Millennials, home-brewing is the new book club.

In the exploration of Millennial personas, you’ll likely come across a whole swath of research about Millennials who work from coffee shops, aren’t married, live in the city, regularly use social media, stay in a company for only two to three years, and seek to change everything the moment they start their jobs.

This Millennial persona has become all too common. Their uniting thread? Because they’re actually good employees, they don’t think that they belong to the Millennial generation. They are the “I’m-Not-a-Millennial” Millennials. You can file them next to jumbo shrimp, paid volunteers, and other oxymorons.Their reasoning is this: Millennials embody all the stereotypes that others generations love to hate.

Millennial Martyrs often get lost in the shuffle of work-life. They’re probably too busy to notice just how crazed they are and feel too guilty to call attention to it even if they are aware. Before exploring this segment any further, it’s important to understand that every generation has this segment of folks; it just manifests in different ways.