In a recent Reuters article, the current job landscape suggests that millennials spend less time working at one company. Simply, young people could care less about devoting their next 20-30 years to one company. Sixty percent of millennials, ages 22-32, have changed jobs between one and four times in the last five years, according to State Street Global Advisors. “While pay is important, it’s clear that millennials won’t stay with companies for money alone,” said David Cruickshank, global chairman of consulting firm Deloitte. Indeed, despite a rocky job market, 44 percent of millennials would leave their current employer in the next two years, if given the choice, according to a new survey from Deloitte. When asked to look four years into the future, 66 percent of millennials said they expect to have switched employers. Like many members of her generation, Davis has the requisite side hustles, in her case buying furniture on Craig’s List, fixing it up and reselling it. She also walks dogs for extra cash, and is always looking for new income streams. According to job website Indeed, millennials ages 18-34 make up the largest percentage of working people who look at other job opportunities. In fact, the younger and more educated workers are, the more likely they are actively exploring new opportunities. “Personal values have the greatest influence on millennials’ decision-making on the job,” Cruickshank said, while also noting that 61 percent of “senior millennials” – those with higher-ranking job titles – have chosen not to undertake a task at work because it conflicted with their values. This is true. Millennials look at life a little differently than the baby boomers and generation X. They have more ambition in them and eagerness to get money any way, any how. This is visible in entrepreneurship. We see more individuals under the age of 30 starting small businesses, advancing in technology, etc. Millennials are more self-sufficient and hungry for the “what’s next.”
