In 1994 these events occurred:

• Forrest Gump won the Oscar for Best Film.

• Seinfeld was the most popular TV show.

• Lisa Loeb’s “Stay” and All-4-One’s “I Swear” topped the charts.

• Most of the students graduating college this May were born (and I was 11 years old).

Graduation season will soon be upon us. When it comes to employee recruitment, research suggests that this latest generation to enter the workforce is one unlike any other.

Millennials are the fastest-growing demographic in the workforce today, and will comprise 75 percent of the global workforce by 2025. If attracting top graduates from the Class of 2016 is a priority for you as you fill your talent pipeline, now is the time to ensure your company is able to uncover what’s important to them and that it has processes, policies, and benefits packages in place that are in alignment with their unique goals and values.

Here are a few statistics you probably didn’t know about this new class of graduates that we all should consider as we hire and begin working with the newest group of employees to join our organizations.