60% of students today are working toward a career that supports future generations such as sustainability, healthcare, and charitable organizations
With the COP27 climate summit taking place from 6-18 November, reaching our sustainability goals is at the forefront of everyone’s minds, including the next generation of world leaders – in school now. Amidst a once-in-a-lifetime backdrop, where young people continue to face extraordinary challenge and change, MyTutor, has unveiled that two thirds of Gen Z (61%), over and above any other generation, prioritise an occupation that has a positive societal impact, whilst not sacrificing their salary, with a further 60% of students agreeing that they would like a career that supports future generations such as sustainability, the health profession, or charitable organisations.
Confronted by numerous socio and political crises, students today are realising that the best way to pursue a future with personal success, is to create it themselves. They want to take more agency in the problems they see in the world, whilst not having to worry about finances, and are connecting the dots from their education in school as a fast track to a fulfilled future, with new data by MyTutor unveiling that 51% of students agree that success in their life is defined by their value to society.
Key Stats:
- 61% of students said that a career with a social impact is where they would like to progress in
- 60% of students agree that they would like a career that supports future generations such as sustainability, the health profession or charitable organisations
- 52% of students agree that they define success by how much they are able to help people
- 51% of students agree that success in their life is defined by their value to society
- 57% of students believe that being successful is/was their biggest priority in school, compared to 27% of Baby Boomers
- 66% of students agreed that they realised that education was the prime route for them to achieve personal success in life, compared to 47% of Baby Boomers
- Amidst the cost-of-living crisis, 63% of students attribute the ability to not worry about finances in later life as success
With parents willing to stretch their budgets to help support their teen get the best out of their education amid the cost-of-living crisis, MyTutor is highlighting multiple high paying career paths in the ethical and artistic scope that will allow Gen Z to follow their dreams without fear that they need to put their dreams on the back-burner. By seeing the different paths that may have not been available to their parents’ generation, there’s no need to give up financial ambitions to follow one’s passions. With this in mind, MyTutor is supporting teens in creating the future for themselves they never thought possible.
As such, MyTutor has now unveiled the sectors and roles that tackle some major world issues – such as climate change, health and educational equality – in their Create Your Future online resource, with tips on what students can do to become change-makers, and the qualifications they need to get there.
