Dwaraka Iyengar

Onboarding new employees is a secure investment that will assist newly hired employees in developing their skills, knowledge, and value within the company. It will help match the technically skilled Millennial workforce with new and emerging needs of your company, which gives your company an advantage within the market. Millennial Onboarding is a specialized type of employee onboarding. With Millennials we are seeing a need to tweak the onboarding process to better suit the needs of the company and new hires. It will increase productivity and produce a happier and more skilled workforce. The new hire phase is a critical time for the employee and company and having a structured set of procedures will make this time run smoother and produce a greater chance of success.

Current workplace is experiencing a massive demographic shift in terms of generations. Baby boomers are working longer than expected work lifecycle and millennials are outnumbering baby boomers and Generation X populations in many workplaces. In addition to this, the Generation Z population is entering the job market in millions and making the work environment a challenging place to manager from the leader's viewpoint. This presentation addresses the characteristics of the various generations an provides a solution for the various generations to work in harmony to produce effective results. Learning goals is to present a methodology to understand the generation stereotypes and how to utilize the skills to produce successful projects. The attendee will also learn effective communication methodologies to ensure harmonious existence of the different generations in the project.