UK Jobseekers Dream of being Own Boss

Entrepreneurship is the key to career and life fulfilment.

Dragons look out! it seems we are a nation of budding entrepreneurs. A poll of over 2000 jobseekers, which was undertaken recently by Reed Employment this month, reveals that the dream job for the majority of respondents is to own their own business.

The survey also revealed that professions such as medicine and law are being shunned by jobseekers who want more financially lucrative careers in the fields of accountancy and banking and finance.Perhaps surprisingly, accountancy was actually the third most popular career choice and banking and finance was the ninth most popular choice, scoring more highly than law.

Science was only chosen as a dream career 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.

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. Shame for companies, given how much money is spent on these aspects of promotion.Interestingly, the least favourite jobs were politicians, plumbers and dentistry.

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