Preparation
1. The percentage of employees leaving the company:
turnover rate;
2. A company's ability to keep its staff from leaving:
employee retention;
3. Extensive; involving large numbers or a large area:
large-scale;
4. To try hard to:
to strive to;
5. Something that can cause damage or danger:
a threat;
6. More than necessary or normal:
excessive;
7. Something of value that you give up so that you can have something else:
a sacrifice;
8. Moral principles defining what's good for society and its individuals:
ethics;
9. To watch and observe over a period of time:
to monitor;
10. To stop having something you want:
to give up.
TOTAL SCORE is 10 out of 10 (100%)
Task 1
1. This report is based on the findings of how many surveys?:
two;
2. This report was done for organisations that want to:
increase the job satisfaction of the millennials who are working for them;
3. According to the report, which of the following would millennials be happy to do?:
sacrifice pay so that they can work shorter hours;
4. According to the report, which of the following would promote millennials' loyalty to their company?:
the company’s commitment to the greater good of society;
5. According to the report, millennials believe that it is important to:
be appreciated for the work you do;
6. If managers want to keep their millennial employees happy, they should:
give them options to work from home.
TOTAL SCORE is 6 out of 6 (100%)
Task 2
1. This report is based on surveys that only questioned people born between 1983 and 1994.
False;
2. The surveys were conducted in several different countries.
True;
3. Millennials are less loyal to their companies than non-millennials.
False;
4. Millennials believe that their technological skills are sufficiently advanced.
False;
5. Managers should be aware of how happy their staff are with the amount of work they have
been given.
True;
6. Managers should worry about their own work–life balance and not concern themselves with problems in society.
False;
TOTAL SCORE is 6 out of 6 (100%)