Preparing the millennial generation for the work place: How can academia help?

SIGMIS CPR 2008 - Proceedings of the 2008 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference: Refilling the Pipeline: Meeting the Renewed Demand for Information Technology Workers

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 102-105

  Beard, Debbie ^a   Schwieger, Dana ^a   Surendran, Ken ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Education; Employers; Millennial learners; Soft skills

Indexed keywords

CAREER DEVELOPMENT; COMPLEX INTERACTION; CURRENT GENERATION; SOFT SKILLS; THREE GENERATIONS; WORK PLACE; WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENTS;

EMPLOYMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL TRAINING; STUDENTS;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 70350292140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1355238.1355264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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