The article draws attention to the current conditions in which work teams work. It was emphasized that changes in working conditions are a natural and indispensable element of evolution, which aims to adapt future generations to changes in the labor market. Characteristics of the expectations of the generation Y representatives against the background of other generations were made and they were compared with contemporary phenomena on the labor market. The shortages of the workforce and the change in the structure of the economic age were recognized as key phenomena. These situations may lead to a dynamic growth in the employment of people from Generation Y and the retention of older people over 50 in enterprises. Both situations will force the creation of human resources programs ensuring effective human resources management in enterprises. Demographic forecasts in Poland and their consequences on the labor market were taken into account. The European Union guidelines have been presented in the area of methods and directions of human capital development. As research methods, the analysis of literature on the subject and legal acts was used.