4 'On Fleek' Ways To Attract And Keep Millennial Employees

NEW YORK — Taco Bell Corp. executives are studying a strange new vocabulary emerging on this side of the border — the lingo of its young customers. CEO Brian Niccol said the company features a “Millennial Word of the Week” at its headquarters as a reminder of how the chain’s biggest fan base communicates. Niccol said the words are “curated” by a group of employees in their 20s who send out an email every Tuesday or Wednesday. The words are also posted on screens and monitors around the office in Irvine, California.

There is a dangerous gap between what managers expect from their Gen Y workers and what these employees think is expected of them, according to a new study.

Millennials have had more than their fair share of bad press lately. Dubbed the ‘go nowhere’ generation, they’re often associated with a lazy, risk-averse attitude, but are they just misunderstood? With inspirational millennial entrepreneurs making headlines and many businesses investing in a millennial workforce, it would seem so.

Flickr / Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and DesignIt's tough to talk about millennials around the office without making someone cringe. If you are a millennial, you're likely sick of being stereotyped as a beer-pong-playing bro who wants a trophy every time they solve a tough problem.

Apple App StoreThese days, college kids are on Fleek.

NEW DELHI: Around 64% claim to have a clear and well-designed employer-branding strategy in place and 74 per cent say they are happy with their strategies, according to a TimesJobs survey of 560 organisations. With a fierce battle to attract right talent, having a powerful employer brand is of critical value and utmost importance. However, 67% of the 800 employees surveyed are of the view that their employer does not have a winning employer-branding strategy in place. Most employees find their company's current strategies unconvincing.

Getty ImagesMcDonald's, Outback Steakhouse, and several dozen other food and hospitality retailers are using daily paychecks as a means to give low-wage workers more flexibility with their finances.

UK office workers are suffering from daily anxiety over meetings at work, with some going to drastic lengths to cope, new research has revealed. A shocking 48 per cent of employees in Britain claim that the daily stress of work meetings gives them some level of anxiety both during and after the working day. Fear of being sacked, as well as the prospect of being humiliated in front of colleagues, or outdone by their peers, are some of the main reasons for this pressure.