The purpose of this book is to explore the talents, work styles, attitudes, and issues that members of theMillennial generation are bringing with them as they enter the workforce. The Millennial generation is aroughly 20-year cohort of young people whose ''leading edge'' members were born in 1982 and graduatedhigh school in 2000. These are the young adults who began entering college, the military, and the workplaceduring the present decade, and who will continue to do so for perhaps another decade more. The Millennialgeneration has been exposed during their formative years to a unique variety of historical, cultural, economic, and technological changes that haveshaped their particular attitudes and values, preferred social interaction styles, beliefs about what is proper in the workplace, and personal concernsand desires. Millennials are bringing their unique perspectives into their places of employment, where at times they clash with those of the oldergenerations who are already estab
