Cat Cherry

Employing Generation Y Part 2

In Part 1 of this post I mentioned that McCrindle Research had found that if a business didn’t offer them the top 5 retention factors for Gen Y, they would expect to be paid 40% more than what they thought they were worth. Basing that on what I am currently paid, for me that would be an extra $20,929.70 per annum. *low whistle* That’s mighty tempting! Nearly $21k more to sacrifice things that...

Cat Cherry

Employing Generation Y Part 1

Being born in 1985, I am part of the much criticized Generation Y. As most marketing gurus will point out however, is that culturally, GenY aren’t all that different to previous generations – Boomers and Gen X did just as many crazy things as ‘kids these days’ do now. I recently attended the Leadership Breakfast at The University of Adelaide that featured a presentation by Philip...