UK Jobseekers Dream of Being Their Own Boss

Accountancy was the third most popular career choice and banking and finance was the ninth most popular choice, scoring more highly than law. Medicine didn’t even make the top ten of dream jobs.

In addition, science was only chosen as a dream job by a handful of respondents, lending strong support to this month’s CBI report that the worrying decline of science students could have a long term detrimental impact on the UK economy.

Money was considered the most important factor in choosing a career today according to 68% of respondents. In fact, financial rewards were considered a bigger motivator than career progression, which was selected by just fewer than 40% of respondents.

Additionally, despite the increased pressures upon companies to improve their brand image and act in a social responsibility way, corporate reputation has very little influence over a job seeker. Just 6% of respondents would select a company because of its corporate social responsibility programmes and only 2% stated they would be swayed by an employer’s brand image.

Janine Parry, Head of Marketing at Reed Employment states, “These results paint an accurate picture of the current economic climate and job market. With house prices at all time high, mounting student debt, rising living costs and a very competitive job market, job hunters are under more pressure than ever before to earn a decent wage. These pressures are being reflected in career choices, with more young people shunning more creative jobs, which are traditionally less well paid or professionals such as medicine which involve long training periods, in favour of well paid jobs in the financial services industry.”


Top Ten UK Jobs

1. Business owner
2. Pilot/astronaut
3. Accountant
4. Teacher
5. Air hostess/cabin crew
6. Writer
7. Vet
8. Policeman
9. Banking
10. Law
11. Actor
12. Medicine

Editors Notes
About Reed Employment

Reed Employment ihttp://www.reed.co.uk is the UK’s leading independent specialist provider of administrative, clerical and support staff. Assisting jobseekers and
Employers for 40 years, a combination of a national network of over 150
branches and the industry-leading website, reed.co.uk, mean that Reed
Employment has the widest selection of skilled candidates and job
opportunities available in the UK.