Media often stereotype baby boomers as being loyal and technologically deficient, whereas the millennials are tech-savvy and less likely to stay at a job for a long time.
Skilled migrant job strategist of Tribus Lingua, Ailis Logan, notices an obvious difference from her own experiences of working with millennials.
It’s estimated that we could well live up to our mid-nineties by 2055 - with our life span now much longer than our grandparents’ generation.
And with the pension age set to rise to 70 in less than two decades, mature workers are under more pressure than ever to reinvent themselves in achanging job market to compete with younger workers.
Professor Philip Taylor, an age and labour market expert at Federation University, isn’t convinced that people should be boxed and labelled as millennials and baby boomers.
Shebelieves it’s crucial to have willingness for ongoing learning in order to stay relevant and thrive in multigenerational workplaces.
She also employs a younger worker in her consultancy firm.
It’s a bigger learning curve for those entering the Australian workplace from other cultures according to Ailis Logan who’s an Irish immigrant herself.
She gives an example of some Malaysian managers she’s coached,who had to adjust to a more egalitarian work style.
She advises refreshing your own views of the world by engaging with younger people to bypass cultural and age differences.
In addition to that, one should also get to know how to communicate in an Australian business setting.
It’s really about understanding the Australian culture by getting practicalexperience through English language meet up groups or volunteering.
