Alma Media: Monster’s survey: Most Finns want a new job

MONSTER OY                PRESS RELEASE               11 Oct 2007

 

 

 

MONSTER’S SURVEY: MOST FINNS WANT A NEW JOB

 

A survey conducted by Monster reveals that Finnish employees are dissatisfied with their present careers and are planning re-education. Monster is Finland’s most popular online recruitment meeting point on the Internet.

 

Visitors to the Monster.fi website were asked in September 2007, “Have you ever considered a new career?” The response “Yes, I am presently contemplating re-education” was chosen by 70 per cent of more than a thousand respondents.

 

This enthusiasm for a career change and re-education can also be seen in the growing demand for adult education, due to both the appreciation for education and the existing multitude of re-education opportunities.

 

“This autumn we have had xxx new adult students, some xx per cent of whom are re-educating themselves for a totally new career”, says FIRSTNAME LASTNAME, JOB TITLE, Adult Education Centre Adulta.

 

“The majority of people who enrol in adult education programmes have a very high motivation level, because returning to school means an opportunity to make major changes in their lives. It is great that people have a positive attitude to career change and adult education in general these days”, MR/MS LASTNAME points out.

 

The Monster survey results are based on the response from website visitors between 4 and 18 September, 2007. The survey was taken by

1,049 [permanently?] employed people from all parts of Finland. The responses divided as follows:

 

70%              Yes, I am presently contemplating re-education

13%              Yes, but not within the next few years

8%                No, I like my present career

7%                No, a total change takes too much time/trouble

 

More information:

Tiina Laisi-Puheloinen, Marketing Manager, Monster Oy, tel. +358 40 594 3559 or tiina.laisi-puheloinen@monster.fi

Monster.fi is Finland’s leading online recruitment network. It has continuously increased its market share and in 2006 the number of job vacancies on its pages grew by more than 50 % on the previous year. Some 220,000 different job applicants visit the Monster.fi pages every month. Monster is owned by Alma Media Corporation (75 %) and Monster Inc. (25 %).

 

Monster offers prospective employers an effective online forum for job advertising; in addition to the online pages it enables advertisements to be placed in Finland’s leading business and tabloid dailies, Kauppalehti and Iltalehti. More information at http://www.monster.fi