Millennial Challenge: Retaining the Millennials After 2016
Abstract
Following the current drawdown, the Marine Corps will face retention challenges because it has not adapted sufficiently to overcome the challenges resulting from the interaction between the Marine Corps organizational culture, the changing information technology environment, and the Millennial Generation nuances. The Marine Corps has invested manpower, time, and money on how to better recruit this new generation and as a result, the recruiting force has successfully adapted its procedures but that is where the adaptation stopped. Recruiting, development, and retention must be synchronized in order to stabilize the impact on the force. To account for the Millennial Generation's persona, the Marine Corps must utilize more effective mediums such as social media to communicate strategic messages to the force to avoid misinterpretation. It also needs to expand its education programs to offer more opportunity for continuing education while in service, mentoring program to address the Millennial Generation's need for feedback and guidance, and retention programs to allow for additional opportunities for continued growth to entice further retention.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 13, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA600632
Entities
People
- Todd E. Mahar
Organizations
- Marine Corps University