Where will those next gen clients come from?
July 27th, 2010 admin
Adrian Pearson pinged me yesterday asking if I have any data points into UK attitudes towards the profession following this piece from Rick Telberg where he quotes: “If we think the pipeline for future professionals is small, the pool of future clients is miniscule,” says Jim Boomer of Boomer consulting . “Just as the next generation of workers will require new strategies, so too will the next generation of clients.” The analysis is based upon some Thompson Reuters research that suggests Gen X and Millenials together comprise 6% of clients while representing 58% of the workforce. The interpretation suggests that Millenials in particular are less likely to use professional firms than would have been the case in the past. This is largely predicated …
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