A new survey by Vodafone Ireland has found that work life balance and job satisfaction are the two most important aspects of a career for young people.
The research into future careers was carried out among students aged 15-24 to launch Vodafone’s new 2018 graduate programme. The new programme has been restructured to provide even more young adults with opportunities to work at Vodafone and to prepare them for their future careers in an ever-changing world.
The study found that over a third (37%) say that a good work life balance will be the most important thing when choosing a future career followed by job satisfaction (26%) and salary (21%).
Seventy two percent of those questioned believe that technology will play a fundamental role in their future career but 90% say they think technology will have changed by the time they graduate.
Marketing & advertising (16%), communications (10%) education (10%) IT & software development (10%) are the most desired sectors to work in for those polled. As technology continues to evolve, there are now a number of jobs that didn’t exist previously. Vodafone asked respondents what their dream job would be from a selected list of ‘new’ jobs. Of those questioned 16% would like to be a social media manager, 8% would like to become an Artificial Intelligence specialist and 7% would like to work in app development.
Source: www.businessworld.ie
