A full-time job is only important for every second person between the ages of 14 and 29. Last year it was 40 percent. In a recent survey, work ranks fourth among the most important areas of young people’s lives, after family/partnership, hobbies/leisure and friends.
Ahead are sustainability, sports and politics. “Corona has proven to be a fire accelerator. We are already in the ‘War for Talents’ and need to respond to it,” Leitbetriebe Austria Managing Director Monica Rintersbacher said on Wednesday. She refers to the shortage of skilled workers and the ensuing competition between companies for young talent. Young people today can be more demanding. than the baby boom generation, which is gradually retiring.According to a survey conducted by Leitbetriebe Austria and Market Agent among 1000 respondents, a good salary, flexible working hours and a four-day working week would make a job attractive.Other criteria are interesting activities and short travel distances.
Home office is well received
The home office also enjoys a high status because many respondents want to be able to organize their workplace freely. The same applies to working hours. A full-time job is nowadays less important for people between the ages of 14 and 29. The desire for part-time work is increasing. 38 percent are considering making a change in their professional life. In addition, a fifth want to stay with their current employer for a maximum of two years.
Teaching has a positive image
According to the survey, the image of education is positive. “Almost two-thirds feel they have a very positive view of teaching,” says Mario Derntl, director of zukunft.lehre.Österreich. However, this has not yet arrived in society. Here the “misconception of outdated apprenticeships and poor wages needs to be corrected”. About every second young person in Austria decides to complete an apprenticeship. The popularity is greater in the western states, in the east it is less than one in three young people.
Source: Krone
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