Millennials want to bring change to the workplace and some of the changes they would like to see will benefit everyone.

This is a generation focused on productivity and efficiency, even when it comes to meetings. While meetings are important, its rare that they should take more than 30 minutes – drawn out meetings put a halt to productivity and stifle creativity.

Gen Y is obsessed with career development, understand the importance of great mentors and will seek them out. For many of this generation, mentoring works both up and down – while they learn from the experience of their seniors, they will teach older workers how to use the latest technologies and the importance of online communities.

Sure, Millennials will bring about change but many of the changes they will bring have been needed for some time.

While they are often viewed as self-centered young upstarts in the workplace, most Gen Y are living out the values their parents gave to them.

They are fundamentally conservative. They still turn to parents (and their boss) for advice and validation of decisions. While they change jobs often, it is usually because they move on when they feel that have learned all they can and no longer feel challenged.

This is the generation of great team players – both on the soccer field and in the workplace. Teams that work well together outperform those that don’t.

Gen Y is more productive than everyone else. They choose their own productivity tools, rather than waiting for the IT department to download them onto the company laptop.

Perhaps we all should take a second look at millennials in the workplace.

Check back next week when we will do just that.

Most organizations have finally developed career sites and use the Internet for attracting, sourcing, and communicating with candidates and clients.

The website is the bedrock of an effective recruiting practice while some of you in local or niche markets may be able to avoid it, for mainstream recruiting a website is essential.

The problem is, a company website with a career page is no longer enough as we look ahead to 2009.

One recruitment guru puts it this way, “to get a jump on your competition and to attract the savviest candidates, it takes more than a good website and good recruiting skills.” There are four essential tools you need for success: Facebook or MySpace, LinkedIn, your personal blog and twitter (a microblog).

So what does all of this mean? Check out McKinley’s Social Media Coaching for Recruitment Solution for more details.