For the fourth consecutive year, "Businessperson" has been cited as the most popular career choice for American teenagers.
That is one of the key findings of an annual survey of teenagers on topics such as career expectations and their opinions about the world of business. The study, the 2006 Junior Achievement Worldwide Interprise Poll on Kids and Careers, also revealed that for the first time in the seven-year history of the survey, wage expectations for young females are on a par with those of young men.
Since first being measured in the 2003 poll, male wage expectations for most jobs have tended to exceed earnings anticipated by female teenagers. However, in this year's version, the highest earnings expectations for often cited careers, such as business, law, entertainment or medicine, are split evenly between genders.
Over the past two years, the top- 10 career selections have remained constant. "Businessperson" has been the most popular career choice overall for the last two years the poll has been conducted; this year it was selected by 8.7 percent.
"Teacher" was the second-highest choice, selected by 7 percent, moving past "Doctor," a consistent first or second choice in earlier years, which came in third with 6.2 percent, tied with "computer field."
Another difference in this year's responses is that female teenagers appear to be drawn to careers that need more schooling, and this year they are more confident than males that they can receive their ideal careers.
The survey showed that over three-quarters of young females polled-78.2 percent- said they were "definitely" or "pretty sure" they would receive their ideal job, compared to over 65 percent of male teenagers.
Job shadowing is one way teenagers form their career expectations. One time again this year, JA Worldwide is sponsoring its yearlong Job Shadow initiative, where students venture in to the workplace for a day, hosted by adult mentors who teach them about the "world of work."
JA Worldwide is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating young people about business, economics and entrepreneurship. Today, it reaches about two million students in the United States, and over four million students worldwide.
That is one of the key findings of an annual survey of teenagers on topics such as career expectations and their opinions about the world of business. The study, the 2006 Junior Achievement Worldwide Interprise Poll on Kids and Careers, also revealed that for the first time in the seven-year history of the survey, wage expectations for young females are on a par with those of young men.
Since first being measured in the 2003 poll, male wage expectations for most jobs have tended to exceed earnings anticipated by female teenagers. However, in this year's version, the highest earnings expectations for often cited careers, such as business, law, entertainment or medicine, are split evenly between genders.
Over the past two years, the top- 10 career selections have remained constant. "Businessperson" has been the most popular career choice overall for the last two years the poll has been conducted; this year it was selected by 8.7 percent.
"Teacher" was the second-highest choice, selected by 7 percent, moving past "Doctor," a consistent first or second choice in earlier years, which came in third with 6.2 percent, tied with "computer field."
Another difference in this year's responses is that female teenagers appear to be drawn to careers that need more schooling, and this year they are more confident than males that they can receive their ideal careers.
The survey showed that over three-quarters of young females polled-78.2 percent- said they were "definitely" or "pretty sure" they would receive their ideal job, compared to over 65 percent of male teenagers.
Job shadowing is one way teenagers form their career expectations. One time again this year, JA Worldwide is sponsoring its yearlong Job Shadow initiative, where students venture in to the workplace for a day, hosted by adult mentors who teach them about the "world of work."
JA Worldwide is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating young people about business, economics and entrepreneurship. Today, it reaches about two million students in the United States, and over four million students worldwide.
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