iGEN - Interwork Between Gen Z and Employers - Results from Portugal
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This presentation summarizes the results obtained in the first phase of the iGen project, in Portugal. This stage involve the administration of questionnaires, interviews and focus groups with youngsters belonging to Generation Z
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iGEN - Interwork Between Gen Z and Employers - Results from Portugal
- 1. iGEN - Interwork Between Gen Z and Employers Results from Portugal http://igenproject.eu/ Anabela Mesquita – sarmento@iscap.ipp.pt Paula Peres – pperes@iscap.ipp.pt
- 2. The project • To try and close the gap between employers and youth, building up cooperation between the two major players of job markets – generation Z and employers - and creating an effective and successful work environment. • Why: • Companies face several challenges due to changes in labor market trends, such as a trend of labor demand exceeding labor supply in the near future, or the already three different generations (baby boomers, X and Y) present in the labor market augmented with the new generation, so called Gen Z, recently entering the job market with whole new expectations, and so little known about. • Need of harmonizing the needs of both sides involved, and bringing effective solutions to help them be more prepared for the new ways of cooperation.
- 4. Results
- 5. National context • The population of Portugal is decreasing: • 2015 - 10 374 822. • 2020 - 10 209 628 • 2030 - 9 880 173. • Average age in 2015 it was 43,5; 2020 it is expected to be 45,7; 2030 49,8 - population is getting older and old. • Number of pupils enrolled in early childhood • 2013 - 266 666 pupils • 2014 - 265 414 • 2015 - 264 660 • Number of pupils enrolled in lower-secondary education • 2013 - 400 478 • 2014 - 383 421 • 2015 - 384 971 • Number of pupils enrolled in vocational upper secondary and post secondary non-tertiary education • 2013 - 182 518 pupil • 2015 - 177 169 • 2015 - 176 573
- 7. Characterization of the sample • 88 questionnaires 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 1996 1997 1998 1999 After 1999 Gender F M
- 8. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 9th year 10th year Apprenticeship Bachelor Last certificate obtained Professional experience Yes No
- 9. • From now on all comments concern respondents ONLY with some kind of professional experience
- 10. 0 10 20 30 40 Professional Internship Full time job Part time job Occasional job Volunteer job Curricular internship 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Less than 3 months 4 months 5 mpnths 6 months From 6 months to 1 year More than 1 year 0 5 10 15 20 25 Engineering Commerce Information Technology Office and administration Education Healthcare Media and entertainment Tourism Type of professional experience Duration of the professional experience Areas in which respondents would prefer to have a job 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Facebook Snapchat Whatsapp Skype Twitter Linkedin Instagram Hangout Reddit Social media used to communicate
- 11. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Experiential learning Role-play games Simulation Learning games Team practices Case studies Presentations Discussion Brainstorming Video analysis Field visit Preferred training practices 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Work / life balance Career opportunity advancement Financial rewards / opportunities to travel Training and development opportunities Friendly environment Can use most of your skills Job fits well into your personality Stability in life Issues when looking for a job 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Great Bad More or less How well school has prepared for the job 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Employer's websites Facebook Lonkedin Peersonal network / friends / family College / university career center / vet school … Staffing / employment / recruitment agency All the answers Preferred media when looking for a job
- 12. Strengths as personality traits at work
- 13. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Public speaking Developing relationships Technical skils Problem solving Proactivity Meeting deadlines Decision making Negotiating Collaborating Intercultural skills Language skills Coping with repetitive tasks Skills needed to strengthen to enter the job market 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Have the opportunity to learn from team members on the job Use technology in the workplace Receive feedback regularly from your superior Be trained on the job Forms of supported preferred in the workplace 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Capacity to manage conflcts Communication Respect Supportiveness Confidence Commitment Vision Patience Knowledge Openness Qualities valued in a leader
- 14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Co-workers who like to collaborate 19 11 11 8 14 6 4 1 Co-workers who challenge you 2 3 1 4 3 5 20 13 17 6 Co-workers who like to cheer you up during the work 8 8 4 6 9 10 13 13 3 Co-workers who are friends in personal life 1 2 4 1 6 9 13 29 9 Co-workers who cover you if you did something wrong 0 1 1 3 2 7 8 52 Co-workers who respect you 21 14 9 11 11 3 1 4 Co-workers who help you if you have difficulties in your job 6 13 23 6 9 7 4 6 Co-workers who are competitive and make you achieve more 1 3 2 7 4 18 16 8 12 3 Co-workers who are professionally more experienced than you, and you can learn from them 12 9 9 15 10 5 5 3 3 3 Co-workers who listen to your ideas and suggestions 4 10 11 16 13 11 4 3 2
- 15. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Great Bad More or less How well employers understand the needs of young people 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Professional knowledge / skills Practical skils Communication skills Daily routine practices Nothing Problem solving Collaborating Adaptability They should learn from me What Gen Z can learn from the older generation about work 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Alone Mostly alone Mostly in teams In a small group (1-3 people) In a bigger team (more than 3 people) How do respondents prefer to work? 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Company video conferencing Company portal for talking with … In person Email Text messaging Social network Instant messaging Phone Most effective ways to communicate in the workplace
- 16. 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Flexibility in hours Work / life balance Time management The company culture Colleagues from older generations … The type of work you do The ability to both focus and … The boss / manager / leader's attitude Effective communication None of the above Greatest and least challenges in the workplace 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 Salary Incentives Hours Environment Co-workers to work with Leadership style Level of autonomy Opportunity for development Supporting system 1 2 3 4 5 Key factors to make the respondent loyal to the workplace 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Bonus salary Advancement Bonus holiday Moral recognition Sport facilities Recreation during the work Education / training 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rewards that can work as an incentive in the workplace 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Web-based training Classroom training On-the-job training Team-building training Training related to the job Soft skills training 1 2 3 4 5 Training preferred at the workplace
- 17. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Allows to get answers to questions faster Helps to develop skills Helps workers to collaborate in project more effectively Enahnces personal relationships with co-workers Gives workers a channel to express themselves None Role of technology
- 18. Conclusion (includes comments and ideas from the interviews and focus group) - self-confident - entrepreneurial spirit - ike to use Facebook to communicate with their friends - when they need to communicate with work colleagues and boss, they prefer in person communications or email, since it allows to get answers to questions faster. When looking for a job - usually they go to the employers’ websites/ online. They may even develop some kind of strategies to look for a job School have prepared them well for the job market (technical skills). Soft skills - they lack some of the important competences - public speaking and language skills. Learning - prefer experiential learning than other kind of training practices. .
- 19. • More important to have a job which they like and where they feel fulfilled rather than having a very well paid job. I • Workplace - they value the opportunity to learn from team members. T • Also value the importance of the respect among the workers to create a good work environment. • Sometimes, they feel that employers do not understand the needs of the young people. • Leadership - appreciate the opportunity to learn from older generation to get professional knowledge and the skills to solve working problems. • Important to have a boss that recognizes their effort and work. • Underlined the importance of the leaders’ attitudes and the balance between work and lifetime. • Prefer to work in a small group of 2-3 people
- 21. Implications • Education • training practices are experiential learning, field visit and brainstorming. • Companies • The most important items when looking for a job are financial rewards and opportunities to travel as well as training and development opportunities. • The most preferred forms of support in the workplace are to have the opportunity to learn from team members on the job followed by be trained on the job • Respondents prefer to work in small groups, between 1 and 3 people • Loyal to the workplace - these are the environment and the opportunity for development • As for the rewards that can work as an incentive, respondents prefer the moral recognition, followed by the education and training and then the advancement and bonus holiday