What do you want from a job? Here's where we disagree
Cayla Dengate
Senior Editor and RAP Champion at LinkedIn. I’m also studying Disaster and Emergency Management.
What do you want out of your next job? Every job seeker is different, and we all have our own wish list of what we’re looking for.?
Maybe you want a pay bump, or more responsibility or better flexibility.
Step back from your own job search, and you’ll see all these individual brushstrokes make up a picture of the average job seeker. LinkedIn Economic Graph data shows men and women tend to focus on different things when it comes to finding a new job.
Women are often looking for a 'fresh start' and more responsibilities, while men are more likely to want a job that aligns with their interests, and better pay. Do you agree? Or do you feel there are stronger groupings than gender that influence what we want? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
To begin with, LinkedIn members told us four in 10 respondents planned to stay in their current role this year. Of those looking to leave, 50% of women said they wanted more opportunities to move up or increase responsibilities, compared with 44% of men.?
Of the men looking to leave their current employer, 57% were interested in finding a role that better aligns with their interests or values, compared with 53% of women, while 55% wanted better compensation, compared with 50% of women.
This desire to move up at a company hasn’t resulted in a surge in women in leadership positions. According to LinkedIn data, Australia's share of women in leadership (Director-level or C-suite positions) was 32% in mid-February. How do we compare? In the US, it’s 36% while it’s 30% in the UK.
The good news is that it’s a number that’s improving on the whole. The annual share of women hired to leadership positions has increased in Australia from 34% in 2015 to 39% in 2021.
Interestingly, women don’t feel confident about getting this next career step towards more responsibility. Overall, women in the workforce are feeling less confident than men when it comes to three key drivers — holding a job, improving their financial situation or advancing in their careers — with a score of +28 (on a scale from -100 to +100) compared with men at +38.
The confidence gap was most notable when respondents were asked how they feel about their chances of reaching the next level, with 38% of men feeling optimistic compared with 30% of women.
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What do you make of these findings, and what are you looking for in your next role? Share your thoughts below.
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2 年Yep, I tend to agree, I want a higher pay packet and more flexibility, along with a professional team and a solution orientated management team.
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2 年I agree with Heidi Winney that both the male and female genders are looking for jobs that better align with their professional identities, their values, and provide meaning. I do wonder whether the differences found in the article (including any self-report methods that may have been used) might be from women, generally, being hyper aware of costs of living and feeling pressure to look for jobs that are higher salary. Therefore, maybe foregoing the search for jobs that might not offer a higher salary, per se, but align better with their passions or identity. With the finding that more women than men are looking for more responsibility to climb the ranks into leadership, this could correlate with wanting that higher salary, security, but also to be seen and make a difference. IF you want to climb the ranks in a company you already know, presumably from a lower reporting level, and get that better salary, I'd perceive that as being more secure than changing companies completely. Hopefully any of the above actually makes sense! ??
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2 年Angelika Quiambao
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2 年In my experience, women nowadays look for jobs that gives them better pay and further career growth. Yes,they look for fresh start but they also look for organisation that values them and what they bring to the table without being dominated.