As we move into the New Year, we often set goals that we think can improve our daily lives. This might mean moving to a new city, starting a new job or finding ways to sneak in time at the gym during our busy 9 to 5 lives. But for many people—especially millennials—they aren’t looking for a major change, but simply an improvement such as defining and establishing a path to meaning and success in their current position.

In a recent LinkedIn post FMI Content Director Sabine Hoover highlights the “Five Reasons Why Millennials Are Great for the Construction Industry.” If you look around at the millennials in your organizations, or at yourself if you are a millennial, you will probably read this article and nod your head in agreement. 

Millennials are innovative, collaborative and ambitious. But what companies in the construction industry can really take away from this article is how to embrace and support the millennials’ desire to grow and improve within the company they are already in.

Hoover’s “5 reasons” include:

• Loyalty and dedication
• Innovative thinking
• Tech-savviness with a personal touch
• Balance
• Collaboration and communication

If companies within the construction industry can recognize and respond to these skills and traits of the millennials in the workforce today, there’s no doubt this generation can have a major impact on the success of the industry. 

The full LinkedIn article by Hoover is available here.