Students Worldwide Feel Underprepared for Competitive Job Market, Qualtrics Research Shows
08 Februar 2023 - 3:00PM
Business Wire
Only 36% of young people across six OECD
countries say their education makes them feel very or extremely
prepared for the job market
Students whose programs offer apprenticeships
were more likely to feel very or extremely prepared for the
workforce by almost 20 percentage points (53% vs 34%)
New research from Qualtrics (Nasdaq:XM) shows that despite
having higher levels of education than previous generations, only
36% of young people feel very or extremely prepared by their
education for the job market. While three-quarters (74%) of young
people said they feel prepared to perform well in a job, only 60%
feel prepared to look for a job and only 58% feel prepared to
compete against other candidates.
Qualtrics surveyed around 5,000 young people between the ages of
19 and 24, living across six different Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries: Australia, Canada,
Japan, France, the United Kingdom and the United States, in the
fall of 2022. The research was conducted in support of the OECD
Forum Engagement Group on the Future of Work. Facing challenging
economic conditions, one-third (33%) of working respondents report
being underemployed, meaning they are working part-time when they
prefer to work full-time or are in a temporary position when they
prefer a permanent position. Underemployment is the highest in
Canada (39%) and the lowest in Japan (20%).
As the job market fluctuates and the skills in demand for
today’s workforce continue to change, education institutions play
an important role in providing knowledge and training to help
students search for a job, prepare to compete against other
candidates and succeed in a position. However, current
bachelor’s-level students and graduates felt less prepared to enter
the workforce than their peers with less-than-bachelor’s level
college education or those with a graduate education.
Participation in work-based training, such as apprenticeships,
was the top driver of perceived job preparedness. But
apprenticeships were the least-common programs respondents report
being offered by their educational institutions, which included
networking, hands-on learning, technical skills education and
internships. Young people whose education programs offered an
apprenticeship were almost 20 percentage points (53% vs 34%) more
likely to feel very or extremely prepared for the workforce than
those who did not.
Whereas most respondents (58%) said schools are responsible for
giving advice on how and where to look for a job, the majority
(58%) said providing resources for education and training
opportunities was the government’s responsibility.
“Taking the time to listen to students’ experiences entering the
workforce and understanding the specific challenges they face can
help government and education institutions create the right
interventions that will help ensure this generation of young people
does not get left behind,” said Qualtrics Head of Industry Advisory
Dr. Sydney Heimbrock. “If we understand the real drivers of job
preparedness, we can put resources toward education, apprenticeship
and training programs that have the most impact.”
“Education should help young people accomplish their personal
and professional goals,” said OECD Director for Education and
Skills Andreas Schleicher. “If that’s not happening, we need to
take a careful look at the transition from school to work to ensure
students are prepared to excel and meet life’s challenges, not just
in the classroom, but in the world of employment as well.”
About Qualtrics Qualtrics, the leader and creator of the
experience management category, is a cloud-native software provider
that helps organizations quickly identify and resolve points of
friction across all digital and human touchpoints in their business
– so they can retain their best customers and employees, protect
their revenue, and drive profitability. More than 18,750
organizations around the world use Qualtrics’s advanced AI to
listen, understand, and take action. Qualtrics uses its vast
universe of experience data to form the largest database of human
sentiment in the world. Qualtrics is co-headquartered in Provo,
Utah and Seattle, and operates out of 28 offices globally. To learn
more, please visit qualtrics.com.
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