Human Resources and The Evolution of the Employee

The internet would have you believe that we’re hurtling down a path towards HR nirvana: a golden age of unprecedented engagement and interaction between employers and employees driven largely by the rapid increase of technology and the benefits it brings.

While the internet might be onto something, there is surprisingly little attention given to the employees themselves and how their evolution – rather than the world around them – is shaping the HR landscape.

10 years ago millennials were barely old enough to enter the workforce – now they’ve overtaken the baby boomers and Gen Xers to make up the majority. This presents a serious challenge for HR departments, not least because each generation places value on different things.

Baby boomers (born between 1946-1964)