Dream Jobs? Teenagers’ Career Aspirations and the Future of Work

Year of production: 2020

Thus OECD publication examines young people’s perceptions of the labour market and the career guidence they recieve. The report provides useful insights into the digitalisation of the labour market and might provide youth organisations and policy-makers with information about young people’s preparedness for the jobs of the future. This publication raises concerns over the extent to which children are being prepared for the jobs of the future. Governments, schools and international organisations are waking up to the challenge. The work of the World Economic Forum in communicating the scale and consequences of the Fourth Industrial Revolution is widely recognised.

Authors

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 37 member countries, founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade.

Vanessa Denis (OECD)

Anthony Mann (OECD)

Andreas Schleicher (OECD)

Hamoon Ekhtiari (FutureFit AI)

Terralynn Forsyth (FutureFit AI)

Elvin Liu (FutureFit AI)

Nick Chambers