While many millennials may be serial job-hoppers, those who work at top-rated employers plan to stay for the long term, according to Great Place to Work's 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials, in partnership with Fortune magazine.
Young employees at these workplaces are also nearly times as likely than other employees to be engaged at work, says Michael Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. "In other words, these employers have cracked the code on how to retain millennials," Bush says. Related: 3 ways to improve employee retention To keep millennial talent, employers should create authentic and meaningful professional opportunities such as industry leadership, philanthropy, teamwork, or other company purpose where they can make an impact, he says. It's also important that millennials receive the professional development, feedback and mentoring they need. Other key ways to retain the younger set include leading with sincerity, in which leaders "practice what they preach," promoting the organization's workplace "with the same zeal" as products and services; and treating all employees equally, no matter their background or role in the organization, Bush says. Check out the slides above for a quick snapshot of the top 10 of the 100 Best Workplaces for millennials. READ MORE: Millennial pessimism over capitalist system, job-killing AI, affects retirement saving 6 tips to better manage millennials in the workplace Disappearing jobs? Don't worry -- early and middle boomers are retiringNOT FOR REPRINT
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Katie Kuehner-Hebert
Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.
