How to Recruit the Next Generation

摘要

As the country continues to reopen at a rapid clip and the economy gets cooking once again, the war for talent is also heating up. And the speed at which your company can grow alongside the improving economic climate will depend on your talent, according to Bharani Nagarathnam, Ph.D., associate director, Master of Industrial Distribution Program, Texas A&M University. Nagarathnam delivered the presentation, "How to Build Next-Gen Talent Pipeline: The Mindset of Gen Z," at MDM's recent Future of Distribution Summit, held virtually in April and available on-demand through MDM.com. As Nagarathnam outlined in his presentation, distributors are competing with everyone - not just their competitors - for talent. And successfully recruiting, developing and retaining the next generation of employees begins with understanding Gen Z's expectations, needs, priorities and mindset. "Who is your competition?" he asked. "It's not other distributors. The competition is everybody - retailers, the warehouse down from your street, tech companies. You need to develop a multifaceted approach to your talent acquisition and align that with your business strategy."