Future Work–Essay written by Hanna Stockner

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Created on Thursday, 30 June 2016 14:06
Written by austria

 

 

Teacher or mechanic? Doctor or Manager? At the age of 17 most students start thinking about their future jobs. Recent studies showed, that a lot of teenagers also have reasons to worry about them. Undeniably it is difficult too choose what to earn your money with for apparently a long period of your life. How can students be prepared for their future?

 

It might appear shocking, but in Austria we have an unemployment rate of 5.7%. That is about 400 000 people. 10.4% of all persons under the age of 25 are unemployed. There are several reasons for these sloping statistics. One of the most important factors for young people is the pay. Genuinely, rather than fear over unemployment, experts say the real concern for the future jobs market is the money. There are always going to be enough jobs, but not always enough money to pay a big number of employees. Therefore, it is expected to have a work experience of 10 years, the energy to work non-stop for 60 years and the previous education of 20 years to get paid enough. How should that be possible at the age of about 25? Also, the competition is fierce. Thanks to globalisation it is no longer necessary to employ a person that lives near the corresponding company. Solutions such as outsourcing and recruiting people of different countries are no longer a rarity.

 

On account of the arguments named above, the students need to be well prepared to have good chances at the future job market.

One way to prevent students from making a wrong decision or being completely unaware of what is about to come, would be to show them how numerous jobs really are on a daily basis. This can be done by inviting doctors, architects or other jobholders to the school. Students then get to ask their questions to the employees and consequently learn a lot about the different jobs. Another very interesting project I have come across while doing my research, was schools providing “taster days for jobs”. Students had the opportunity to try a huge variety of jobs while getting a realistic insight. This idea appears rather useful to me, a lot of pupils at my school would surely benefit from a similar project.

 

All in all, the future job market could be hard for students in the European Union, who do not have any kind of experience of work. Still, there are a lot of possibilities to prevent trouble by inventing new projects at our schools. Pupils need to get better prospects of their future jobs and learn how to act and work as an employee.