Experience Outweighs Education as Key Driver of Career Progression
03 Agosto 2011 - 5:00PM
Marketwired
More than three quarters of respondents around the world say
experience is more important than education when it comes to
advancing a person's career. Nearly 80 percent cite experience
while 18 percent nominate formal education and two percent remain
undecided, according to the latest survey from workforce solutions
leader, Kelly Services® (NASDAQ: KELYA) (NASDAQ: KELYB).
The findings are part of a new report, The Evolving Workforce:
Drivers of Career Choice and Career Progression, based on the
findings of the Kelly Global Workforce Index, which obtained the
views of approximately 97,000 people in 30 countries covering the
Americas, APAC and EMEA regions.
The survey also found the "career-for-life" style is vanishing,
with more than half (57 percent) of all respondents saying they
expect to switch careers within the next five years. The main
causes prompting change are the need for higher income, followed by
better work-life balance, changing personal interests, concern that
their industry is in decline, and current management issues.
The results also revealed:
- Across all regions, respondents from Generation Y are more
willing to upgrade their skills/qualifications in order to progress
their career (64 percent), followed by Generation X (60 percent),
and Baby Boomers (55 percent).
- Both Generation Y and Generation X expect to change careers
within the next five years (58 percent) compared to half of Baby
Boomers having the same expectation.
- Nearly three-quarters (74 percent) believe that if they took
time off from their career for reasons such as maternal/paternal
leave, illness, etc., that they would be able to return to their
careers at the same level.
- A majority of respondents (72 percent) say they aspire to an
executive position.
For more information about the results of the Kelly Global
Workforce Index and key regional and generational findings, please
visit the Kelly Press Room or www.kellyservices.com. Results about
Effective Employers/Employer of Choice will be released in November
2011.
About the Kelly Global Workforce Index™
The Kelly Global Workforce Index is an annual survey revealing
opinions about work and the workplace from a generational
viewpoint. Approximately 97,000 people from the Americas, APAC and
EMEA responded to the 2011 survey with results published on a
quarterly basis. Kelly Services was the recipient of a MarCom
Platinum Award in 2010 and a Gold Award in 2009 for the Kelly
Global Workforce Index in the Research/Study category.
About Kelly Services® Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA) (NASDAQ: KELYB)
is a leader in providing workforce solutions. Kelly® offers a
comprehensive array of outsourcing and consulting services as well
as world-class staffing on a temporary, temporary-to-hire and
direct-hire basis. Serving clients around the globe, Kelly provides
employment to more than 530,000 employees annually. Revenue in 2010
was $5 billion. Visit www.kellyservices.com and connect with us on
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Europe Tamara Achba Kelly Services +41 32 737 1829
Tamara.achba@kellyservices.eu Americas Kathy Fisher Kelly
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