Friday, November 16, 2012

The Next Generation


Would you recommend that your children follow you into your career? You might if you’re in agriculture and ranching – although if you live here in New Jersey, you’re probably not in one of those professions. But 67 percent of the people in those professions say they’d recommend those jobs to their kids.

That’s the highest percentage of any profession, according to a new survey from Salary.com. Way down at the bottom of the list is retail, at just 18 percent, followed by finance and banking at 24 percent. Nothing comes close to ranching at the top of the list: It’s followed by professional services at 44 percent, IT at 43 percent, and health care at 42 percent.

Overall, only 36 percent of people say they would recommend that the next generation follow in their profession’s shoes. So there will be a lot of kids out there branching out on their own.

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