There\u2019s a lot more to the Universum survey that I have time to go into or interpret including top employer brands cut into multiple categories and such.\u00a0 What I found most interesting was their cut on the new graduate goals for work.<\/p>\n
Easily, the highest ranking career goal was the desire for balance between personal life and career, reflected by about 60% of the survey respondents.\u00a0 Basically tied at 2nd<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup> was the desire for further education and to build a sound financial base at around 30% of respondents.\u00a0 Notable is that pursuing further education edged out building a financial base.\u00a0 While I could make the argument that these new graduates are looking for learning opportunities, I think it\u2019s more probable that 30 to 40% of these respondents are looking to go back to grad school.\u00a0 Coming in at 4th<\/sup> with about 25% of respondents was a surprising \u201ccontribute to society.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 ((Universum Communications. 2006.\u00a0 \u201cThe Universum Survey, American Undergraduate Edition.\u201d\u00a0 Retrieved from http:\/\/www.universumusa.com\/undergraduate.html<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>on November 13, 2006.))<\/p>\n This really underscored the changed in the workforce generations we\u2019ve been talking about on systematicHR.\u00a0 The industrialized world has created enough wealth that those in at least the middle class don\u2019t need to be concerned with their compensation levels and can pursue other interests.\u00a0 Our parents would never have imagined seeking work life balance as a higher preference to compensation.<\/p>\n Also of interest is the desire to contribute to society.\u00a0 The world is smaller and we seem to have both a better sense of space and accountability both due to the ability to travel as well as the internet.\u00a0 People are more tied together and aware than ever before.\u00a0 This growing trend that the society and environment are proportionately gaining in importance compared to the self.\u00a0 Perhaps like the sentiment of the 60\u2019s it won\u2019t last, but there\u2019s more economic means to support the trend now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s a lot more to the Universum survey that I have time to go into or interpret including top employer brands cut into multiple categories and such.\u00a0 What I found most interesting was their cut on the new graduate goals…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engagement","category-talent-acquisition","category-work-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/systematichr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}