Young People Do Not Prefer a Job for Life

The work previously inherited, the companies in which careers or jobs was seen as an aspiration, were forgotten. “Wearing the jersey? No: now, young professionals have the culture of “touch and go” and they hop from job to job. Looking for flexible hours, professional challenges, a friendly atmosphere, good salary and contractual security. And although they are well qualified, are still in training.

What in the 80’s were touted as “life balance”-that is, from day three and spend 8 hours at work, another 8 to the family and other leisure-mutated into the 90s in precarious working conditions. Today, the perception of young people on employment changes again.

Since there is no identification with the company and the focus is on job rotation and add to experience. “If we value work, but this valuation is related to income and not with the permanence as a source of identity,” says Ana Miranda, a researcher with CONICET and academic coordinator of the Youth Research Program of FLACSO.

According to monitoring conducted by FLACSO in the last decade on young people between 24 and 30 years, Miranda concludes: “They want to study abroad or take a year off for personal projects. And rotate because an opportunity arises that exceeds the income Current occupancy is more in line or vocational level.

For corporations is a dilemma because they have a preference for younger employees because, in addition to knowledge, are other potential: proactive, new ideas and flexibility. “But companies do not offer opportunities for rapid growth and a good salary, do not resist and go. With this view you can not establish a real career plan,” said Fernanda Grasso, marketing manager for the Southern Cone of Meta4, an international consultant on human resources.

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