As a scaling startup, bringing on the right core team is core to company growth. It’s important to not only find people who are willing to work hard, but also who share your company’s mission and most importantly, its values.
From the outset, we decided that finding the right people meant finding not only those with the best background, but those with the right attitude and core skills to build our company. Four years later, we’re lucky to have a team which is compiled of many millennials from all corners of the globe. Our team includes Americans, Colombians, Venezuelans, French, British, Canadians, Polish, Australians and Croatians to name a few — each bringing a little of their own character and flavor from their home country.
However, despite being born thousands of miles from each other in totally different cultures, I have noticed that the majority of our millennials share characteristics that can make them a good fit to be a part of our company.
Here’s how you can make millennials a part of yours too:
Millennials value travel more than any other generation
Extensive research has shown millennials prefer experiences over things. Most recently, this has best been exemplified by the statistic that 47 percent of the demographic would rather spend money on traveling than buying a house, compared to only 26 percent of those ages 45 and older.
This same mindset has translated to the workplace. According to MMGY Global’s 2016 survey on American travelers, 81 percent of millennials actually associate business travel with higher job satisfaction, despite its negative effect on family life. As a result, the demographic was found to take more business trips than any other generation — 7.7 per year on average.
While business trips are loathed by many and sometimes seen as an impediment to productivity, for millennials the situation is quite different: business travel is both a reward and a smart investment. In a survey from TINYpulse, remote workers were found to feel happier, more valued and more productive than the average worker.
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