The workplace is beginning to experience the blending of Millennials with Boomers. Who are these Millennials?
According to the Pew Research Center, Millennials are those individuals born between 1981 and 2000 and are coming of age in the new millennium. They are the most ethnically and racially diverse cohort of youth in the nation’s history. Currently, they are the most politically progressive (i.e., liberal) age group. They are the first generation in human history to consider tweeting, instant messaging, Facebook, Google, YouTube, Groupon, and Wikipedia as everyday extensions of their social lives. They are the least religiously observant since surveying such behavior began with youths. They are more inclined to trust institutions than were their predecessors.1