{"id":3710,"date":"2012-10-08T18:15:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T22:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atlantictraining.com\/blog\/?p=3710"},"modified":"2025-10-08T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:00:39","slug":"infographic-the-generation-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/infographic-the-generation-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Generation Y Infographic: The Generation GAP in Your Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the Baby Boomer generation begins to face retirement age and leave the workforce, Generation Y and the Millennial generations become the majority of the existing working class. It is clear there is a change coming to the makeup of the workforce. Many companies with Baby Boomer generation workers who have delayed their retirements because of a poor economy now face the fact they may not have sustainability in longterm skilled employees within the office. Once Baby Boomers retire, employers will have a Millennial generation facing high levels of responsibility with little to no experience earlier in their careers than any prior generation has faced before.<\/p>\n<p>The infographic shows us the impact this change in generation gap will have.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Over the next two years, Millennials will make up close to half of the American workforce.\n\u2022 The Millennial generation have had slow career promotions due to Baby Boomer aged employees staying on the job longer. In just a few years Millennials will face rapid advancement in high numbers as a result of mass retirements.\n\u2022 The national workforce is rapidly aging and will continue to age and retire creating a loss of skilled, talented and reliable workers.\n\u2022 The annual rate of birth for the Millennial generation compares to have been nearly the same rate as that of Baby Boomers over an 18 year period of time. Millennials number 70 million Americans.<\/p>\n<p>It can be helpful for companies to use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/catalog\/human-resources-training\">HR training videos<\/a> now to help with any possible talent gap created by the change in ages of the workforce that is soon to occur. In order for businesses to maintain a focus of success, recruiting and retaining talent in the office is very important. Putting in place successful planning strategies along with leadership development can help the industries facing the soon to be generation changes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"infographic\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SC-GEN-Y-R3121-2.png\" alt=\"Generation Y Infographic: The Generation GAP in Your Office - ComplianceandSafety.com\" \/><\/div><div style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Share this infographic on your favorite social media outlet!<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 10px;\">\n<ul class=\"social-buttons share social-bottom\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 220px;\">\n<li class=\"twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intent\/tweet?url=%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.atlantictraining.com%2Fblog%2Finfographic-the-generation-gap%2F&amp;via=AtlantcTraining\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"facebook\">Facebook<\/li>\n<li class=\"linkedin\">Linked in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><div style=\"text-align: center; padding: 10px; margin-top: -10px;\">\n<div style=\"max-width: 800px; width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Or, embed this on your site! (Just copy and paste the code, we do ask that you include a short intro that links to us)<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; margin-top: 15px;\"><textarea cols=\"45\" rows=\"4\">&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&#8221;https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/&#8221;&gt;&lt;img src=&#8217;https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SC-GEN-Y-R3122-2.png&#8217; width=&#8221;600&#8243; border=&#8221;0&#8243; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/textarea><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Source: SC<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Baby Boomer generation begins to face retirement age and leave the workforce, Generation Y and the Millennial generations become the majority of the existing working class. It is clear there is a change coming to the makeup of the workforce. 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