Dream Jobs: Where Millennials Want To Work

[finehoe]

When the National Society of High School Scholars asked 18,000 Americans, ages 15 to 29, to rank their ideal future employers, the results were curious. To nobody's surprise, Google, Apple and Facebook appeared high on the list, but so did the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Security Agency. The Build-A-Bear Workshop was No. 50, just a few spots behind Lockheed Martin and JPMorgan Chase.

However scattershot, the survey offers a glimpse into the ambitions of the millennial generation, which already makes up more than a third of the work force. By 2020, it will make up half. Survey after survey shows that millennials want to work for companies that place a premium on employee welfare, offer flexible scheduling and, above all, bestow a sense of purpose.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/magazine/the-new-dream-jobs.html

[BennyKrik]

They WANT to work? Hard to believe.

[Non-RedNeck Westsider]

Too bad the article didn't go into any depth.

"Why do you want to work for X Company?  And I'm not talking about work-life fluff.  What do you want to do there?

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that 'self employed' didn't make the top ten.

[johnnyliar]

They WANT to work? Hard to believe.

[thelakelander]

Where's the rest of the list? What are the companies that were skipped and why?

[NIMBY]

Full list: https://www.nshss.org/media/56551/2015-NSHSS-Millennial-Career-Survey.pdf

[thelakelander]

Hmm....

6. Local hospital
14. Mayo Clinic
22. Blue Cross and Blue Shield
40. JCPenney
49. CVS
55. Wal-Mart
56. Major League Baseball
62. Southern Ohio Medical Center
101. Home Depot
104. Publix

I really don't know what one can seriously take from this list.  I wonder how different the list would look for other generations?

[mbwright]

Seems like this is a bit like "what car would you like to drive?"  Starbucks is pretty high on the list.

[Overstreet]

101. Home Depot

That's where the baby boomer retirees work.