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Next Generation Workers and Career Navigation: How Employers Can Help Young People Navigate Their Careers

Author: Erica Bouris, PhD , Senior Director   |   5-min read    |   May 11, 2026

Employers play a powerful role in building, attracting, and developing next-generation talent. Now more than ever, the labor market is rapidly changing, and young people need information, skills, and support as they navigate education and career decisions, choosing their own personal pathway forward.

Businesses face many pressures in the modern economy, but investing in helping next-generation talent enter and thrive in their companies is a key strategy for success:

  • Demographic shifts—retiring Baby Boomers and the rise of Gen Z and Gen Alpha—mean that businesses must prioritize how next-generation talent fits into their workforce strategies.
  • The landscape of education, skills, and jobs is increasingly complex; businesses need proactive strategies to draw young workers to career pathways in their industry.
  • Retaining and advancing employees can be key to a company’s bottom line, and strong, employer-driven career development and pathway practices can help drive retention among next generation workers

 

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