The United States is home to more than 80 million Millennials — aka Generation Y, or people  born after 1980 — and,  by some estimates, over half of them have already joined the workforce. These young professionals tend to be tech-savvy, flexible, and affordable; however, if you want them to work for you over the long term, you’ll need to create a workplace environment that suits their values. Here’s how to do that.

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Some of the world’s brightest and most creative people are on the autism spectrum: Director  Steven Spielberg has Asperger’s syndrome, and there’s  speculation that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft founder Bill Gates do, too. In fact, a  Wired article postulates that  Silicon Valley has a high proportion of kids with autism because many of their parents are undiagnosed “aspies” themselves.

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