Waypoints: Ideas and Insights to Navigate Enterprise Complexity

I started with HORNE fresh out of college a little over 10 years ago. I’m part of the Millennial generation, usually described as those born between the early 1980s and 2000. Many of the qualities that make a workplace attractive to my generation started to evolve as generations ahead of us struggled to integrate new and faster computers into jobs that previously had little or no automated assistance. The key difference for Millennials is that some form of information technology or automation has been a part of our lives throughout our formative years, and that creates certain expectations about how technologically savvy our employers will be.  

We are millennials. We were born between 1982 and 2004, and we’d like to share our perspectives on recruiting and retaining millennials, members of our generation. We certainly don’t pretend to be experts on HR issues, but we think we have some ideas you might find interesting as you work to manage two or three generations in your own workforce. Here we go:

Consider these facts about the trucking industry in the U.S.: