The world of work is changing, crisis management on the one hand, and family life on the other.
Women in particular tend not to see management positions.
Everyone is pursuing different goals in life, for some a life goal is “making a career” – but that has changed a bit, especially in recent years.
This may be due to the changes caused by the corona pandemic, among other things.
The Chefsache network surveyed around 5,000 employees for their current career survey.
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Confidence in leadership positions?
According to the study, this is falling continuously among employees
In the Chefsache initiative survey, around 33 percent of those surveyed stated that they were “very confident” to “confident” about gaining a position with management options.
This means that the value has fallen by four percent compared to the previous year.
A decline can be seen especially among women – for the current survey, 28 percent of women stated that they are “confident” to “very confident” about gaining a managerial position.
A year ago, around 35 percent said so.
Confidence among men has fallen relatively little by two percent to a total of 38 percent within a year.
With this body language, the job interview goes wrong
With this body language, the job interview goes wrong
Flexibility from the employer is good in itself, but not yet sufficient to make a career
Around 47 percent of those surveyed stated that their employer gave them “good” or “very good” opportunities to work flexibly in terms of location and time.
This is the highest value since the beginning of 2019. Around 40 percent stated that working conditions (in terms of space and time) have improved in recent months.
Nevertheless, these prerequisites do not seem to convince people to want to pursue a career.
42 percent of employees stated that they would be more interested in a career if the employer offered more flexibility.
One of the reasons for this could be the lack of support – around three quarters of those surveyed do not feel supported in their career plans by the professional environment.
Whether the home office is to blame is controversial and cannot be read from the survey, as the respondents do not agree.
Around 35 percent believe that working from home does not have a negative impact on their career opportunities, and a third believe that working from home reduces opportunities.
Another third is undecided.
