According to a new USA survey of teens, less than half (43 percent) are “very confident” they will someday have their dream job, and a significant majority—71 percent— said they would either give up their dream job for one that paid a higher salary or might consider doing so.
The 2012 Junior Achievement USA “Teens and Careers” Survey, sponsored by the ING Foundation, also revealed that the most popular careers, selected by 61 percent of survey respondents, are in science, technology, engineering, math (often referred to as STEM), or the medical/dental fields. Given those results, not surprisingly, two-thirds (66 percent) of teens said their chosen career will require four or more years of college. However, nearly half (46 percent) have not started taking steps to prepare for the cost of training/schooling for their chosen career.
Other findings revealed that 1 n 8 wanted to start their own business someday.
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