Debunking Gen Z Myths to Stand Out with the Next Generation of Talent
Gen Z has been characterized as a generation of diverse, job-hopping digital natives who prize work-life balance above all else. New research following the class of 2023 shows there's more to the story. Not unlike the Baby Boomers who came before them, Gen Zers prioritize job stability, salary, retirement, and family time. Learn what the class of 2023 wants from a career, and how innovative talent leaders are balancing these priorities to attract next-gen leaders.
Learning Objectives:
- What does Gen Z really value? Learn from the results of a comprehensive research study that follows the class of 2023 through its senior year, gathering quantitative and qualitative data on sentiment, priorities, and values.
- What are leading companies doing to stand out with Gen Z? Learn from influential thought leaders and senior talent leaders at industry-leading companies who will share concrete insights on what has worked well at their companies and where they are continuing to invest and improve.
- How can you leverage what you're already doing to attract diverse, skilled Gen Z talent? Learn what aspects of your current culture, salary, benefits, and professional growth opportunities will resonate with tomorrow's leaders and how to leverage them in your talent acquisition strategy.
- How can your company evolve to better align with Gen Z's priorities and needs, both new and conventional? Learn new strategies for evolving policies, offerings, and benefits to better align with Gen Z, and how to showcase those as part of your talent acquisition strategy.
- How can you measure and prove the results of your Gen Z talent strategy? Learn from our panelists about the best ways to measure success and demonstrate the value of investing in early talent to obtain buy-in across your company.
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Daniel Combs
Daniel Combs is the North America Talent Acquisition Director of Campus Recruiting at Proctor & Gamble. For the past 4 years, Daniel has led a multi-functional early talent engagement strategy that hires over 1200 intern and entry level campus hires every year. Leading the region’s efforts through the pandemic, his focus has been on maximizing the candidate experience through a balance of digital outreach and high touch engagement. In addition to Campus Recruiting, Daniel has expertise in Employment Branding & Initiative work and Commercial (Business) Function recruiting.
Valerie Capers Workman
Valerie Capers Workman is Handshake's Chief Legal Officer. Prior to Handshake, Valerie served as VP of People at Tesla where she became known as the company's "Top Diversity Advocate" while growing the company from 40K+ to 100K+ employees in two years. She has over 20 years of legal, compliance and HR experience helping global brands scale with excellence. As a C-Level business executive and recognized hyper-scale expert, Valerie has guided iconic consumer brand growth and new market entry, sustainably and in compliance for Tesla, FOCUS Brands, Realogy and Wyndham Hotels and Resorts.
Renee Davis
Renee leads Business, Technical and University Recruiting at Duolingo. Prior to Duolingo, Renee has built, led and scaled early talent teams at various organizations including UberATG, Arconic and rue21.
Sheila Jackson
Sheila Jackson is a director at JFF where she focuses on employer-led talent development and social impact initiatives. Through these partnerships, she works to improve systems alignment and close equity gaps in the transitions from high school and postsecondary education to careers. Sheila is also responsible for developing resources for the field about effective strategies for private sector investments in career pathways design, youth work-based learning and equitable economic advancement. Prior to joining JFF, Sheila worked in college access programming in the Bay Area.