@inproceedings{9194ed8a9c914dffa0fe60bbef937d71,
title = "Generation Z Entering IT - Navigating Expectations for Employers and Employees",
abstract = "Recruiting Generation Z IT professionals (born between the mid-1990s and the early 2010s) presents unique challenges for organizations in the fast-paced digital era. This paper employs a cluster analysis approach to gain insights into Generation Z IT professionals' employer and workplace expectations, enabling organizations to develop targeted strategies for effective digital talent attraction and employment. Analyzing the expectations of 370 current IT students, we highlight three distinct clusters within the sample: Success-Driven Prestige Seekers, Challenge-Driven Autonomy Seekers, and Money-Driven Security Seekers. We show how each cluster prefers different employer and workplace characteristics and illustrate paths for organizations to tailor their recruitment strategies for each cluster. This paper contributes valuable insights into the preferences and motivations of Generation Z IT professionals and provides practical recommendations for organizations seeking to build a talented, digital workforce by integrating Generation Z IT professionals.",
keywords = "digital natives, digital talent, IT professionals, IT skills shortage, IT workforce, recruitment",
author = "Barbara Prommegger and Christoph Krau{\ss}er and Alexander Straeussl and Selin Arpaci and Andrea Trost and Helmut Krcmar",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 IEEE Computer Society. All rights reserved.; 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024 ; Conference date: 03-01-2024 Through 06-01-2024",
year = "2024",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "6697--6706",
editor = "Bui, {Tung X.}",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2024",
}