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Effective talent management in the multi-generational workplace is a challenge all companies face. This was highlighted by Tal-os Director Erica Briody who spoke on” Engaging Gen X and Y employees in today’s multi-generational workplace” at the SCMP/Hewitt HR conference.

In conjunction with the presentation, a small survey on this topic was distributed among the attendees. A total of 78 responses were returned of which around 75% of the respondents are in-house Human Resources Managers and Directors working in companies with over 100 employees. This paper highlights the views obtained from these respondents. Summary of Findings

1. Generation X employees make up the majority in 3 out of 5 Hong Kong companies.
This means that in many instances business culture and environment in HK is
influenced the Gen X segment.

2. HR executives have an almost equal preference, at over 80%, towards hiring from
Generation X and Generation Y in the future. These generational groups appear to be
the most attractive to recruit particularly because these segments make up the base of
a company’s workforce - from middle management down.

3. More than one-third of respondents find the gap between Baby Boomers and
Generation X and Y employees as the biggest talent management challenge today,
followed by employee engagement issues.

4. Almost all HR executives perceive a “sense of entitlement” from Generation Y
employees.

5. HR managers believe that the mixture of leadership and individual control is the
preferred leadership style to engage and motivate Generation Y employees.

6. Companies prefer to post job vacancies through their website (over 60%) and on job
boards (over 50%), an indication of the internet becoming an established recruitment
channel.

7. A majority of those surveyed have indicated that they will not hire candidates who
have risqué photos on their websites.

Click here to download pdf of the Survey Tal-os Gen X and Y Survey

About Tal-os Asia
Tal-os Asia Limited was set up in 2006 to provide a range of human resource solutions to MNCs and Chinese enterprises. It is a partnership formed by leading recruitment firm MRI China Group in Asia, Barkers Resourcing from UK and Chandler Macleod from Australia and New Zealand. Tal-os is headquartered in Hong Kong with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Manila, Macau, Seoul, Singapore and Taiwan. For more information, please visit
www.talosasia.com

For more information regarding the study please contact
Erik Hellquist: +852 3656 5680, erik.hellquist@tal-osasia.com

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