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Water Jobs for Young Leaders

According to the Association of Water Technologies 2019 Benchmarking Survey, hiring qualified employees is the top challenge over the next five years for middle market water businesses. That’s a tough challenge. As a result, WaterTrust is authoring a white paper – Water Jobs for Young Leaders scheduled for release in the 3rd quarter 2020. Our goal is to provide useful new insights on ways to improve water jobs for owners and young professionals.

Receive a free copy of Water Jobs for Young Leaders by completing the brief online survey below.

3 Facts about Millennials

1. Millennials are the most educated.

The highest % of college educated people in any generation are Millennials. Millennial women have made the greatest strides with 36% earning at least a bachelor’s degree versus 28% of Gen Xers, 20% of Boomers and 9% in the Greatest Generation (Pew Research).

2. Climate and Environment are the top concerns of our youth.

The Deloitte Global Millennial Survey 2019 provides insights to the views of 13,416 millennials across 42 countries, and 3,009 Gen Zs from 10 countries. Climate and environment are the top concern for both Millennials and Gen Zs.

3. Millennials are the largest workforce.

More than one-third of US workers (35%) are Millennials. They have been the largest US workforce since 2016, followed by Gen Xers at 33%. These two Post-Boomer generations represent 68% of today’s workforce. Boomers are 25% of the workforce, with the youngest Boomers reaching retirement age (65) in ten years. (Pew Research).

New Insights: Water Jobs for Young Leaders

Key questions addressed:

  • What are the hiring problems of today’s water jobs and why?
  • What are the hiring success stories?
  • Where are people aligned?
  • Where are the gaps or disconnects?
  • What are the solutions?

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Source: The Deloitte Global Millennial Survey 2019

*WaterTrust white paper – Water Jobs for Young Leaders – will be forwarded to survey participants as soon as we have enough data. The identity of all survey participants will remain strictly confidential. For more information contact: john@watertrust.com.

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