The millennial workforce

The Numerator

  • By GCN Staff
  • Mar 26, 2008

Younger workers have a greater comfort level with Web 2.0 and other online technologies than do their elders, according to a Applied Research- West and Symantec survey of 200 workers younger than 28 years old (called "millennials") and another 200 older than that. Some highlights:

MILLENNIALS

THOSE OVER 28

% of each group who use only company-issued devices and software to do their jobs

45%

70 %

Who access Facebook and MySpace

66%

13 %

Who access Web-based personal e-mail, such as Hotmail

75 %

54 %

Who access streaming audio and video

38 %

18 %




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