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FOR YOUNG LEADERS IN AGE SERVICES Why under 40? Generation Y (or Millennials) will make up 45% of Australias entire working population by 2020. Five to seven career changes in a lifetime is the Around 365,000 work the in age

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FOR YOUNG LEADERS IN AGE SERVICES

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Why under 40?

  • Generation Y (or Millennials) will make up 45% of Australia’s entire

working population by 2020.

  • Around 365,000 work the in age services industry. The average age of

these workers is 47.7 years of age – 10 years higher than the current Australian workforce average

  • The Productivity Commission estimates that by 2050 the aged care

workforce will need to have grown to 1.3 million.

  • An estimated 60% of the existing workforce will reach retirement age over

the next 15 years

  • Under 35s make up less than 25% of our clinical and allied health

workforce

  • Research shows young professionals are looking for connection

and ability to create positive impact throughout their career

Five to seven career changes in a lifetime is the new average for Australian workers who are willing to update their qualifications and switch careers. (ACAP, 2018)

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Nagara-zoku

The people who are always doing two things at once (Japan)

17 different jobs over 5 different careers

Millennials (US)

Generation Curling

(Sweden)

Ken lao zu

The generation that eats the old (China)

  • Hays. (2013). Gen Y and the World of Work.
  • KPMG. (2017) Meet the millennials
  • FYA. (2017) New work mindset
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Why focus on Next Gens?

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Traditionalists Baby Boomers Gen X (millennials) Gen Y Gen Z Year of Birth < 1946

73+

1946 – 1964

72 – 55

1965 – 1979

54 – 40

1980 – 1994

39 – 25

1995 – 2009

24 – 10

Common Social Events WWII Moon Landing Dot Com Crash September 11 GFC 7 PMs in 10 years Music Record players Cassette tapes Walkmans / CD players iPods Spotify University Degrees 1 in 4 1 in 3 1 in 2

Generations (at a glance)

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Career pathways Student experiences

Community perceptions

Our

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excuses

Media portrayal

Workplace attitudes What’s holding young people back?

Access to leaders

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  • Understanding complex cultural

and industry issues

  • On‐call rosters that might never

seem to end and

  • Family challenges where
  • pportunities for arise for spouse's

employment and children's education

  • Staff shortages
  • High clinical loads, particularly for

sole practitioners

  • Limited access to formal mentoring
  • r supervisory relationships
  • Difficulty accessing professional

development activities or continuing education

  • Limited career pathways
  • Limited or no dedicated work time

allocated for professional reading

  • r study, and
  • New graduates and sole

practitioners possessing limited skills in service development

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10%

feel prepared for future challenges

How confident are young professionals + emerging leaders?

63%

leadership skills are under developed

39%

feel valued and recognised

PwC (2013). NextGen Study BlessingWhite (2016). Young Middle Managers Report

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Who are Next Gen Leaders?

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Individuals under 40 , who are (or aspire to be) in leadership roles within the age services industry

  • Clinical professionals (care workers, nurses, allied health)
  • Non-clinical professions (IT, chefs, cleaners, managers, architects,

lawyers)

  • Entrepreneurs/business owners – and more.

We are …

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What can we all do?

  • Create appropriate support networks
  • Provide extra training and education
  • Highlight the career pathways
  • Talk about YOUR why!
  • One size doesn’t fit all
  • ASK US!
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How can Next Gen help?

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Councils in WA, SA, QLD, NSW + ACT, NSW + VIC Opportunity for NT leaders to collaborate with us!

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State Forums

Tickets now available!

Adelaide – Oct 30th Tasmania – Nov 11th Perth – Nov 15th

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It was such an amazing day, finding like minded and passionate people to connect with both personally and professionally was so motivating and encouraging for the future of our industry. :) … Easily the best event we have been to! – Rhiannon (VIC attendee) I truly appreciate being a part of such a wonderful and much needed initiative. I look forward to making some waves in our industry! “ – Alyssa (VIC attendee)

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Are there other ways can your organisation be involved?

We're here to support all aged care organisations to better connect with our Next Gen talent.

  • Highlighting your current superstars
  • Building solutions to the challenges we all experience in connecting

between different generations, or

  • Helping us share the work you’re doing in intergenerational

connection

We want to hear it! We want to share it!

LASA Next Gen Leaders

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I'm keen to be involved in Next Gen ... but I'm over 40

While our initiatives are focused on those under 40, we are keen to have all ages involved in Next Gen. Some of our initiatives will not be age exclusive, plus your expertise and experience can help in:

  • Mentoring
  • Connecting and supporting Next Gen talent at events
  • Sharing our programs with your young leaders, and
  • Being involved in our co-design processes

LASA Next Gen Leaders

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Building Your Tribe

Samantha Bowen Principle Advisor Next Gen samanthab@lasa.asn.au +61 488 123 125

Now is the time to prepare our Next Gen leaders for the future we all want to grow old in.

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NEXT GEN is an initiative of Leading Age Services Australia