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Show me the money! Popular misconceptions about Generation Y – VIDEO

by Personnel Today 14 Oct 2008
by Personnel Today 14 Oct 2008

Last month, Personnel Today published exclusive research dispelling some of the myths about younger workers.

So-called Generation Y employees – mainly those born in the 1980s – are traditionally thought to care less about pay, and more about flexible working, travel opportunities and corporate social responsibility.

Our research revealed however that under-28s are mainly interested in cash, so Louisa Peacock interviewed a selection of “Gen Y-ers” and compared their responses to our research with HR professionals at the CIPD exhibition at Harrogate last month…

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