Childhood Dreams Hold Key To Job Satisfaction
Top ambitions amongst children in the UK include becoming a teacher, footballer, police officer or vet, a new poll reveals.
Top ambitions amongst children in the UK include becoming a teacher, footballer, police officer or vet, a new poll reveals.
Research for Jobcentre Plus claims that the key to future job satisfaction may lie in the dreams of primary school aged children, who also want to become firemen, dancers, drivers, nurses, doctors and hairdressers.
The survey by LVQ Research revealed that top professions amongst boys were footballer (ten per cent) and police officer or fireman (seven per cent), whilst little girls wanted to be a teacher (13 per cent) or a nurse (nine per cent).
Jobcentre Plus advises adults to examine their childhood dreams to inform their "career reality" in order to find a rewarding job that they are more likely to succeed at.
Jenni Vardy, a Jobcentre Plus adviser, said: "When looking for work it is often worth considering hobbies and interests, as we are more likely to be good at something which we enjoy and which comes naturally. And there are often lots of opportunities which can incorporate hobbies or interests."
Opportunities to volunteer in football coaching, work at animal sanctuaries, helping out in schools, or even hobbies and crafts, could potentially provide the key to a future career or business opportunity.
Meanwhile critics have hit out at the decision to place adverts for lap dancers in job centres in Scotland, claiming that it legitimises the exploitation of women.
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