Diversity In The Workplace

To accurately explain why the workplace has become more diverse for minorities over the years, one needs to understand first, what workplace diversity is. Workplace diversity is defined as all forms of differences among individuals including but not limited to age, culture, religion, personality, social status and sexual orientation. For minorities particularly teens, this diversity has grown into a global phenomenon. For some leaders, the word teen and workplace don’t mix. One cannot see such young, mainly inexperienced people benefitting their company and outlook in any way. Diversity can create a portal for innovation. By being exposed to different people and cultures, a teen can understand the significance of different thought processes and problems.

The first reason the workplace has become more diverse about teens and young adults is because of the technology era.

Teens have a broader and wider imagination being exposed to the latest in everything. Most teens strive to show their individualized side of things, to show why their idea is unique beyond the fact that its theirs. Teens aren’t seen to be sitting in a desk, doing paperwork. They are seen to be standing in front of a holographic board drawing ideas as they come into their minds. They are seen to be the ones to establish that desktops aren’t necessary, but drawing tablets and tables are. Creativity as a whole is evolving faster than what most can keep up with, and they are the ones to take that challenge of showing something that not only they can be proud of but for others around the world to know that this is one of a kind. The workplace has finally come to realize that teenagers are more than terrible, inexperienced, lazy individuals. They are striving individuals unique to set their own pace in the world. (The importance & benefits of diversity,