Meet the panel
LEADERSHIP | EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT
Meet the panel
Noura Dadzie Senior VP of Talent . com |
Marloes Knippenberg CEO , Kerten Hospitality |
Lawrence Mohiuddine CEO , EMEA , Unispace |
Shelley Crane Market Director , Marketing , HR & Executive Support , Robert Half |
Transparency , diversity , authenticity – watchwords for Gen Z Noura Dadzie , Senior VP of Talent . com tells Business Chief that while we must be careful not to put any generation in a box , there are certain attitudes , expectations , and behaviours typical of Gen Z employees .
Flexibility , transparency , diversity , and authenticity are all traits that organisations must consider if they hope to hire and retain future talent .
“ It ’ s no longer enough to have company values and diversity statements on the company website or plastered across the reception wall ,” says Noura . “ Gen Z expects an organisation , its leaders , and managers to live and breathe those values and demonstrate them tangibly . Organisations that pay lip service to values will lose young talent to organisations that are able to demonstrate these every day .”
Noura points to job postings that have the D & I policy tacked on at the end as an example of bad employer practice likely to deter the best and brightest – and argues
that each element of the recruitment process must involve genuine action to encourage diversity and enable inclusion , as well as transparency around salary where possible .
“ By displaying salary information front and centre of a job posting , a company signposts their commitment to DEI publicly from the outset .”
Because what executives should know is that , unlike previous generations , Gen Zers are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in and are comfortable challenging those ostensibly above them in the traditional office hierarchy .
Take pay transparency , a practice that more organisations are embracing , in large part thanks to the introduction of new laws driven by Gen Z demands .
Data from Talent . com shows that more than a third of Gen Z employees report having experienced pay discrimination – more than any other generation . Part of the reason for this may be that this demographic has high ethical standards in the workplace , are
34 June 2023