{"id":1911,"date":"2016-03-18T18:14:42","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T18:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/1474-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:50:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:50:22","slug":"1474-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/1474-2\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Panel: Trucking Needs a Millennial Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you think that filling your workforce with Millennials is going to be a challenging, if not problematic task, then perhaps it\u2019s time to look in the mirror, says George Arrants,<\/strong> director of training and recruitment for the WheelTime Network.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe created this generation and we expect them to understand the way we think,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat we need to do is understand the way they<\/em> think,\u201d he told attendees at a panel session during the 2016 Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) annual meeting.<\/p>\n

As reported by Fleet Owner<\/em>, Arrants explained that business owners and HR managers need to change the way they recruit, manage, and retain their workforces if it hopes to secure human resources in the future. And that goes double for trucking \u2013 and industry that has inherit challenges in attracting people as it is.<\/p>\n

He said the oft-derided Millennial generation is by and large are not driven by the amount of money they make. Instead, they need to feel they have a stake in the company.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are actually very productive; tell them what needs to be done and they\u2019ll do it,\u201d he added. \u201cThey don\u2019t have a problem with the rules; largely it\u2019s enforcement of the rules. For example, the consequences of breaking the rules must be equally applied or their simply done with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet Arrants also stresses there is a vast disconnect in the \u201clife skills\u201d Millennials were taught in school versus the needs of the workplace.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn today\u2019s educational model, absences and tardiness are acceptable. In my work world, you are absent two times, you are fired,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to be at work on time every day. If you are not there or late 10% of the time, that\u2019s 10% of work not getting done. So if they can\u2019t show up on time, we can\u2019t use them. That\u2019s why I say to employers, don\u2019t look at [a candidate\u2019s] GPA [grade point average] but look at their attendance record. We can\u2019t do anything unless they know how to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

That being said, other aspects of the Millennial generation could provide recruitment opportunities for the freight industry, if they are tapped in the right way, argues.<\/p>\n

In a separate conference hosted by Stifel Financial Corp, Erik Malin, formerly with consulting firm Carrier Direct, cited a recent survey that said 64% Millennials would rather make $40,000 a year at job love than $100,000 a year at a job they feel is boring.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn essence that means they\u2019ll pay you $60,000 for an interesting job and one they feel offers value,\u201d Malin explained. \u201cThey don\u2019t want a boss; they want guidance, not direction. But most importantly, they want the opportunity for personal growth, which comes with an emphasis on better work-life balance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other generational stats:<\/p>\n