STUDY | Young people and work: the aspirations and disillusions of 16-30 year-olds - Institut Montaigne

SUMMARY

Study authors: Yann ALGAN, Olivier GALLAND, Marc LAZAR for Institut Montaigne

Understanding young people's aspirations regarding the world of work is a crucial issue for local managers and economic players wishing to attract and retain talent over the long term.

Institut Montaigne has published a study on young people's relationship to work, based on a field survey conducted in October 2024 among 6,000 young people aged 16 to 30.

"Orientation, level of qualification, age, gender... These are just some of the criteria that influence the job satisfaction of young working people. Far from the idea of a "great resignation" often associated with young people, this survey draws the portrait of a youth attached to work, but confronted with a significant gap between the expectations they formulate and the reality of the jobs they hold, thus opening the way to forms of professional dissatisfaction."

🎯 In particular, the study identifies four typical profiles:

• the frustrated - 28% (significant gap between expectations and job reality),
• rebels - 20% (attentive to the meaning of work and critical of its organization),
• the fatalists - 20% (resigned to their professional difficulties),
• the satisfied - 32% (positive, peaceful relationship with work).

Keywords: talent attraction, targets, employment, young people, Gen-Z, Millennial, motivations, talents, work.

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