Challenges in Recruiting from Different Generations

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Most of the management teams have the perception that young workers have different
aspirations, ideas, aspirations, and working styles that are different compared to older employees.
Adecco Company is one of the companies that recruit employees from different generations.
Adecco has faced several challenges emerging from its team due to variation in age (Guillot-
Soulez and Soulez, 2014, pp.319). The first challenge that Adecco as a company experiences is
the difference in the communication style among the recruited people. The communication styles
between young and older people are different. The generation y is fond of communicating via
tweets, instant messages, and text messages while the older Gen X prefer using phone calls and
emails (Festing and Schäfer, 2014, pp.262). On the other hand, Gen Y mostly uses abbreviations,
colloquialisms, and informal language (Schullery, 2013, pp.252). This may lead to
communication breakdown when Adecco recruits employees from different generations. Since
different generations’ value different communication styles, job sparks, team structures, it has
been a challenge for Adecco Company to understand what motivates the employees and what
they value. Therefore, the company has faced the challenge of communicating its job
expectations effectively.
Another challenge that Adecco Company has faced in recruiting from different
generations is negative stereotypes. The company has faced challenges in overcoming the
existing stereotypes since employees need to align their visions and success with ethics in the
workplace. This takes quite some time and has a challenge to the organization that Adecco has
sent the recruits to (Cogin, 2012, pp.2268). The stereotypes have caused generational judgments
and misunderstanding among the employees that Adecco has recruited. Some organization that
depends on Adecco for sourcing has gad issues to do with young employees. It is perceived that