The Recruiting Animal tells it like it is about Gen Y pushing out the Boomers. Here is the money quote:
Young people can take over in a consumer-oriented business like music in which the performers and the market are dominated by young people.
They can even have an effect on an election in which anyone over 18 is allowed to pick the CEO. But, in business and the professions, they can only shove people aside if they have more know-how than anyone else. That can happen in two ways.
First when the individual, not the generation, is especially talented. Second, when what happened yesterday doesn't count. And how often is that the case?
Wow is that ever on the money. Fundamentally it comes down to performance and real world results of talented people. Regardless of age, demographic, gender, race or generational affiliation it boils down to who delivers and get results.
It is meritocracy at its finest.
So what is the talent acquisition lesson here?
Talent Acquisition, emphasis on talent, must be about finding, attracting, hiring and keeping the best performers. Your organizations talent acquisition strategy and tactics must be geared and pointed in this direction. Focus on talent! Not more applicants or candidates but more talent. If your process, selection tools, job descriptions, bureaucracy, HR, lawyers etc are getting in the way of that simple goal then you have a big problem.
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