Workplace Giving: How It Is Relevant To Millennials

By Sebastian Troup


The Millennial generation is quickly gaining a reputation for giving back to their communities, not by writing checks but by rolling up their sleeves and getting involved. So it makes sense that they are looking for more than just a paycheck from their employers. Generation Y strives to be engaged, to do meaningful work, and to make a difference. They are doing this at their jobs by seeking out and participating in corporate workplace giving programs.

Generation Y includes almost 80 million Millennials who are the next generation of employees. They will represent roughly 50% of the workforce by the end of the next decade. So, how can you attract these workers and turn them into productive, happy employees who could also be impactful corporate philanthropists?

There are things you can do for your corporate giving programs for you to work better with this socially-aware generation including:

Inventiveness: It is but right that "hipster" as a term, was born together with the Millennials. This is the generation who likes being part of a trend and they are cool. Present them with old-fashioned corporate giving programs and they will think it is stale and outdated. Try to check out new and modern ideas wherein it enables the goals and strategies of your company can be realized another way. Create a more interesting workplace giving campaign by way of thinking beyond the conventional.

Technology-utilizing: One sure thing is that majority of the Millennials grew up with computer at home which makes them connected to and with high expectations in terms of technology. Navigating through the workplace giving technology should be easy and quick.

Providing Diversity: Choices -Millennials love them. You should be able to present diversity that is wide enough when it comes to charitable choices as well as winning causes possibly of significance to them. This generation most definitely wants to have options.

Directing on Communication: Lots of information needs to be accessed to and enable sharing - these are important for the Millennials. This then calls for your workplace giving programs to be those allowing workers to connect, recommend ad disclose contributions in however way they can. Make sure you give them updates and allow them to share their targets and accomplishments with others in their network.

Volunteerism Given Emphasis: To make a difference is another thing that entices Millennials. Given a choice between a face-to-face voluntary opportunity and giving money for a good cause, research shows this generation to opt for volunteerism. Make sure you create venue for volunteerism and to excel in as they aspire to be leaders and make a mark in the world.

It is by understanding the way Millennials think and work that a workplace giving program may be effectively customized in order to attend to any generational gap in existence and instead make way for solutions for such group to work on being future corporate philanthropists.




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