Recruitment, Retention, and Engagement of a Millennial Workforce (eBook)

Stephanie A. Smith is assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Virginia Tech.

Introduction: Who are Millennials?1.Job Searching Strategies of MillennialsStephanie A. Smith2.A Qualitative Study of College Millennials’ Career Preparedness for the Workforce: They Say They Are ReadyWei Sun, Sharnine Herbert, and Joanna L. Jenkins3.Best Practices for Communicating Workplace Culture on Social MediaBrandi Watkins and Stephanie A. Smith4.Formation of Career Expectations: What Organizations Can DoStephanie A. Smith5.Welcome to the Workplace: The Shift from Orientation to Onboarding in the Socialization of Millennial NewcomersDonna M. Elkins6.Striking the Right Work/Life Balance: Best Practices in Teleworking to Retain Millennial EmployeesErin E. Gilles and Mary E. Reese7.A Qualitative Exploration of Millennial Employees’ Work-Related Stress and RetentionWei Sun8.Should I Stay or Should I Go? Exploring the Effects of Organizational Crises on Employee Recruitment and RetentionChelsea L. Woods9.The Mobile Millennial: Plugged in But Left Out?Samantha Szczur10.A Vaccine for Boredom? Considering Inoculation Theory as a Messaging Strategy to Better Engage, and Retain, a Millennial WorkforceJosh Compton11.Engaging the Millennial Workforce through High-Quality InternshipsLauren Pieper Coffey and Michael G. StrawserIndexAbout the Contributors