Collegiate Design: A New Driver for Workplace Design

Securing top talent is fast becoming the biggest concern for industries across the United States Human resource professionals claim that two of their biggest challenges over the next 10 years will be recruiting and rewarding the best employees (59%) and creating a corporate culture that attracts the best employees to their organizations (36%), according to a “Challenges Facing HR Over the Next 10 Years” study conducted by the Society for Human Resource Management in 2012. As more Baby Boomers retire and Gen Y and Gen Z members snap up more spots in the workforce, companies can’t afford to ignore the priorities of recent college graduates. How newer generations shape their careers and prefer to work is astoundingly different from previous generations. But are companies continuing to overlook the impact of their work environments and policies when trying to recruit the best and brightest from college campuses? In a recently released …