More predictably, Gen Xers (58 %) and Baby Boomers (59 %) are significantly more likely to say they are in
a career than Millennials (31 %), who are just beginning their working lives.
Not exact matches
Only 37 percent contemplate leaving to advance their
careers — five percentage points lower
than millennials.
Although the members of Generation X polled feel they are closer to their desired job level
than millennials, the former are also more likely to believe they will be unable to attain their
career goal:
Eighty - six percent of employed
millennial college graduates are more likely
than those with a high school diploma or less to say they have found a «
career.»
The ad showed a smiling,
millennial - aged woman seated at a computer and promised that new hires could look forward to a rewarding
career in which they would be «more
than just a number.»
Millennials can learn more about managing, earlier in their
careers than previous generations.
If anything,
millennials are getting less ambitious, not more: Conference Board data shows they are less likely
than more - seasoned colleagues to list «senior management» as their desired
career goal.
But if the brand wanted to attract that ever - elusive (and lucrative) market of
millennials, it would need another approach, since most people under 25 know Jordan more for his shoe logo
than his basketball
career.
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Careers 50 % of companies are creating high school internship programs this year and high school students are now more
career focused
than college students.
Although baby boomers are 2x as likely as
millennials to report having experienced a layoff or termination in their
careers,
millennials are 22 % more likely
than baby boomers to develop a negative perception of the employers who let them go.
Even though the current
Millennials ages 25 to 32 are better educated
than the generations of young adults who preceded them, 14 the survey found only one significant generational difference in the overall perceived value of their education in preparing them for a job and
career — some 41 % of
Millennials ages 25 to 32, 45 % of Gen Xers and 47 % of Baby Boomers say their schooling was «very useful» in getting them ready to enter the labor force.
Fogel adds that for
Millennials, a
career in sales comes with the stereotype that it's not actually much of a
career — «anyone can do it or you're born to it,» Fogel says, implying that this generation — which collectively has more college degrees
than any other generation — doesn't believe sales positions are worthy of their four - year higher education.
Even more important for managers, the
millennial workforce just entering the
career pipeline is more likely to say this
than older workers.
Students at top - tier colleges are less likely
than their peers at other colleges to go into education; high - achieving college graduates are less likely to go into teaching; and those who do become teachers are less likely to stay in the profession long term.45 In recent polling, high - achieving
Millennials revealed much of the thinking that goes into this drop - off: They reported that they do not believe teaching is a good
career option for high - achieving students, and they feel that the status of the teaching profession is in decline.46
Other teachers and principals I spoke with echoed this sentiment, and research shows that
millennials are more likely to look for different
career options every few years
than their generational predecessors.
In fact,
Millennial teachers, or those born between 1977 and 1995, are often frustrated at the static path of a teacher's
career and leave the profession at higher rates
than older teachers.8
Career pathways and opportunities for advancement are critical components of any profession that seeks highly qualified, diverse job candidates.
Whether you are a nomadic
millennial, a member of the military looking to enter the corporate world, or following a lifelong passion, job searches by those shifting
careers often encounter different challenges
than those staying within the same industry.
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than someone who has been successful at what you're trying to do?
And with regard to agents, I do think that brokers need to be a little more sensitive to the fact that
millennials want a more «customizable»
career path that responds to their needs, rather
than the cookie - cutter approach that many brokers have traditionally taken.