Almost three quarters of European employees would like move ahead in their career ñ but only 22% would want to do so at almost any cost. For the remaining 26%, a safe job and enough leisure time are more important than career advancement. These findings come from the most recent survey by online recruitment specialist StepStone, which covered more than 1,800 job seekers across eight European countries.
Italian employees are particularly focussed on career progression, with over one third willing to advance their career at any cost. In contrast, the Dutch employees are the least aggressively ambitious: only 9% would use virtually any means to develop their career. The Dutch also rated leisure most highly, with 35% putting this ahead of career ambitions.
Respondents from Norway, Sweden and Denmark showed the highest proportion focussed on career development at around 80%, but for the vast majority this was not at any cost. The remaining 20% put leisure ahead of career, lower than in any of the non-Scandinavian countries.
The survey was conducted in August 2004 through StepStoneís online career sites and covered 1,835 job seekers in Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Italy, France, Belgium and the Netherlands.
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