Y-Size Your Business: How Gen Y Employees Can Save You Money and Grow Your Business

Chapter 1 Hiring Gen Y Makes Dollars and Sense 1

Chapter 2 Behind the Scenes (and Screen Names) with Gen Y 13

Chapter 3 Four Generations, One Workplace, Lots of Issues 29

Chapter 4 An Overview on How to Y-Size Your Business 43

Chapter 5 What Gen Y Really Looks for in a Job 55

Chapter 6 Attract Quality Gen Y Employees Faster than Free Pizza at 2 am 65

Chapter 7 Day One Is All-Important 81

Chapter 8 Orientation: Confi rming Our Fit within Your Culture 91

Chapter 9 Keep Gen Y Engaged @ Work 105

Chapter 10 Develop Gen Y Talent by Making “Good Enough” Unacceptable 121

Chapter 11 Professionalism Is More than Bling 139

Chapter 12 Motivate Gen Y by NOT Giving Us a Trophy 155

Chapter 13 Retain Gen Y—and Our Enthusiasm 171

Chapter 14 Lead Me to Loyalty 189

Chapter 15 Build a Talent Pipeline Like American Idol 207

A Call to Action: Why Reach Out to Gen Y—Your Legacy and Opportunity 217

Acknowledgments 221

About the Author 223

Index 225