Where Did All the Young People Go? Can the Organizations of the State of Maine Re-Enlist It's Native Youth?

Abstract

As Maine and other New England states continue to be amongst the oldest in the United States, organizations in these states continue to struggle to find and retain suitable younger replacements for their retiring leadership. As the millennia! generation continues to become a significant portion of the American workforce, learning how to connect with, recruit, and retain this generation will prove useful when leadership succession is required. By exploring how this generation was nurtured and educated, we can begin to understand ways, such as non-traditional or reverse mentoring relationships, that New England's organizations can begin to recruit and retain their future leaders. Through a qualitative, experimental, ethnographical study of millennia! employees at one global organization with five New England locations, this study builds upon previous research that suggest that one method to engage and retain millennia! employees is to create non-traditional mentoring programs in which this cohort can participate. Through researching how it is that these millennials experience one of these programs over time, this study confirmed previous research showing that millennials appreciate and enjoy participation within such programs. This study also expands upon said research to discuss the best practices in creating a reverse mentoring program and outlines one way to structure similar programs regardless of industry or field. WHERE DID ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE GO lV Table of

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