Advice to Hiring Managers

What are Millenials looking for?

If you're going to hire a millenial, one that follows innovation as much as yesterday's rules, you need to know how we think. We like variety, and know we can get it. We don't like staying in one place. That's why we have laptops. We really are seeking a vibrant environment that gives room for growth long term, but short term indications of our ability to even change to new careers within that industry are perhaps more important. Because after all, our BAFTA is, "why should I work for you anymore when I can do it myself?"

If you really want to know if we'll stick around, try using this innovative video game invented by a former Whitehouse staffer and ventured by Mark Cuban, which determines if potential hires are really a good fit based upon the intangibles. In other words, millennials will be playing your game, and we won't know which boxes we're checking, because it's such a good time.

And even if you successfully hire a millennial into your company, and they seem happy, well... because we are so nomadic, we like to know when we are getting to the next "level." Why don't you make more positions in between the execs and the lower reps? Then we would feel more involved and achieving every 6 months, instead of waiting 2 years for a promotion. In fact, the position and intangible rewards work well for most people, such as prestige, but there could be other benefits besides healthcare, such as working from home.

Of course, the alternative is staring us in the face: If traditional companies choose not to give more variety of work progression and environments to this fundamentally caustic generation, they may find that there are more entrepreneurs bubbling up outside of their grasp, and brilliant freelancers in their 20's that could have been integral to making their company shine.