Mobility and career development of professionals and managers

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Mobility and career development of professionals
and managers

• Laura Coppin
• Tom Vandenbrande

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Overview of the presentation

• 2006 European year of workers mobility
• PMS in the EB mobility
• Geographic mobility (change of residence)
• Level and distance of geographic mobility
• Attitudes towards international mobility
• Experience with past long distance mobility
• Job mobility (change of employer)
• Attitudes towards job mobility
• Level of job mobility
• Voluntary vs. forced job hops
• Conclusions the position of PMS

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2006 European year of workers mobility

• Mobility a central issue in the European
  employment strategy
• Eurobarometer survey on mobility (EB64.1)
• European Foundation for the Improvement of
  Living and Working Conditons
• September 2005
• 25 000 respondents, 25 MS

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PMS in the EB mobility

• PMS 1 902 respondents (17)
• Managers (ISCO 1) 618
• Professionals (ISCO 2) 1 284
• Respondents in other occupations 9 572 (83)

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GEOM past moves (1)

• of moves since leaving the parental home
• PMS 4.1
• Other 3.2
• Average duration of stay in dwelling
• PMS 6.1 years
• Other 6.7 years

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GEOM past moves (2)

• Distance of past moves longer distances larger
  share of PMS (especially professionals)

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GEOM future moves

• Expected mobility in the next 5 years
• PMS 34
• Other 28
• Distance of expected moves longer distances
  larger share of PMS
• to another EU country
• PMS 5 ? other workers 3
• to another country, outside the EU
• PMS 4 ? other workers 2

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Attitudes towards international mobility

• PMS more positive attitude towards international
  mobility
• more convinced of the benefits of long distance
  mobility (for individuals, families, the economy,
  the labour market, European integration)
• more encouraging factors
• less discouraging factors
• less expected difficulties

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Encouraging factors for international mobility

• PMS more encouraged by local environment factors
  (discovering a new environment, having better
  weather)
• Social network related reasons more important for
  PMS
• A higher household income and better working
  conditions more important for other workers

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Discouraging factors and expected difficulties

• No.1 discouraging factor missing support /
  direct contact with family or friends
• No.1 expected difficulty lack of language skills
• PMS 44
• Other 60
• PMS more confident about finding a job
• PMS 30
• Other 41

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Past long distance mobility experience

• Motivation new job or job transfer most
  important reason
• PMS 52
• Other 40
• Effects PMS in general more satisfied about the
  outcomes of long distance mobility
• PMS more satisfied about work and income related
  factors
• Housing conditions most important improvement
  (except for managers work and income)
• Contact with family and friends most important
  deterioration (PMS other)

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Attitudes towards job mobility

• PMS more confident about their position on the
  labour market agreement to it is difficult to
  find a good job in our country
• PMS 58
• Other 71
• PMS more positive towards job mobility
  agreement to changing jobs every few years is
  good for people
• PMS 53 (P 55 ? M 48)
• Other 43

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Job mobility over the career

• of jobs in the entire career
• PMS 3.8 (M 4.0 ? P 3.6)
• Other 3.9
• of respondents who have never changed employer
• PMS 27 (M 20 ? P 30)
• Other 25

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Recent job mobility the previous job hop (1)

• Lower share of PMS experienced job mobility in
  the recent past
• Job hop in the last year
• PMS 5
• Other 9
• Job hop in the last 5 years
• PMS 28
• Other 33

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Recent job mobility the previous job hop (2)

• Professionals more mobile when making a job hop
  than managers other workers (larger share with
  previous job in other region or country)
• Higher sectoral homogeneity (NACE 1-digit)
  between jobs among PMS
• PMS 58
• Other 54

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JOBM future job hops

• Professionals higher mobility expectations than
  managers and other workers
• Expected job mobility in the next five years
• P 45
• M 35
• Other 41

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Voluntary vs. forced job mobility (1)

• Previous job hop
• Strong position of managers (and professionals)
• Forced for labour market related reasons (was
  made redundant, contract expired)
• M 12
• P 18
• Other 26
• Voluntary for labour market related reasons
  (didnt like previous job, found a better job,
  created own business)
• M 71
• P 59
• Other 50

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Voluntary vs. forced job mobility (2)

• Job mobility expectations
• Optimistic expectations among professionals
• Forced expected job mobility (will be made
  redundant, contract will expire)
• M 16
• P 16
• Other 26
• Voluntary expected job mobility (doesnt like
  current job, will find a better job, likes
  change)
• M 61
• P 71
• Other 63

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Conclusion

• Strong position of PMS
• Long distance mobility
• interaction more (positive) experience more
  positive attitudes language skills
• Job mobility
• positive attitude, not necessarily more mobility
  but better mobility