Opinion

Lack of information strangles students’ career choices

We need to rethink how we prepare young people for working life and maybe we should start by asking them.

Cathy Waite and Lucas Walsh

Feb 1, 2022 – 5.00am

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Young people’s career aspirations have changed little over recent decades. OECD data from more than 40 countries found that most young people expect to work in one of just 10 careers by the age of 30.

Doctors, teachers, veterinarians, business managers, engineers and police officers continue to capture the imaginations of young people, as they did nearly 20 years ago, long before the era of social media and the acceleration of sophisticated technologies such as artificial intelligence in the workplace.