Chinese women willing to take risks in career development

Chinanews, Beijing, Oct 16 – Global
consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers issued a report on Monday that analyzes
China's employment environment up to the year of 2020. By investigating about
3,000 college graduates from China, Britain and the United States, the report
tries to find out what expectations college students have for their future
career. Most of these college students will soon work in professional service
companies, China Business News reported.

The report shows that 97% of the college students believe they will
travel for work more often than their parents did. PricewaterhouseCoopers
believes this shows that globalization process is quickening in China. A clear
evidence is that among the 890 Chinese student respondents, 90% believed that
they will use a language other than their mother tongue in their work.

The report also reflects that Chinese college students are very
idealistic in choosing their employers. 87% of the repondents say they will try
to find a responsible employer who is willing to help realize their hopes and
desires. However, American students appear to be even more idealistic than
Chinese students. In the survey, 90% of the American college students say they
will try to work in a company whose core values are the same as theirs. In this
aspect, only 71% of the British students would do so.

The report shows that Chinese women are most willing to take risks for
their career development, which is perhaps the most surprising result that the
report reveals. In the report, 11.5% of the Chinese women believe they will have
more than ten different employers in their career. Generally speaking, most
Chinese women think they will have 2-5 different employers.

In addition, the report shows that most people don’t feel like taking a
lot of different part-time jobs at the same time. This shows that people still
like to have a stable job.

Another surprising result is that of all the respondents in the report,
overall only 5% believe they will work at home in future. In China, however, the
percentage point reaches as high as 7.4%. In addition, 75% of the Chinese
college graduates hope they can have a flexible working time.