Survey of 1,000 Young Business Professionals on 'Career Vision': 70% Have a Vision, but 1 in 3 Say It 'Cannot Be Realized in Their Current Job.' Over 90% of Those Who Cannot Realize Their Vision in Their Current Role Are Considering Changing Jobs.

En Japan, Inc. (Headquarters: Shinjuku, Tokyo; Chairman and President: Michikatsu Ochi), which operates the scout-based recruitment service for young high-potential professionals 'AMBI' (https://en-ambi.com/), conducted a survey on 'career vision' among users aged 39 and under, receiving 1,077 responses. The summary is as follows.

Survey Summary

• Over 70% of young professionals answered they have a 'career vision.' The most common way they discovered it was 'naturally found while performing assigned tasks.'
• Approximately 1 in 3 people say their career vision 'cannot be realized in their current job.' It has become clear that over 90% of those who cannot realize their vision in their current role are considering changing jobs.
• More than half report that their current company lacks systems to help realize career visions, such as internal transfer requests or internal job posting systems. About 1 in 4 people have never been asked about their career vision by a supervisor or senior colleague.

Survey Details

1: Over 70% of young professionals have a 'career vision.' The top reason for discovering it was 'naturally found while performing assigned tasks.' (Figures 1-3)

When we asked AMBI users aged 39 and under about their career vision, 73% answered they have one (23% have a clear vision, 50% have a vague one). Among those with a vision, the top reason for discovering it was 'naturally found while performing assigned tasks' (49%). By age group, responses with a difference of over 10 percentage points were 'had it since student days' (20s: 37%, 30s: 24%) and 'life events including marriage/childbirth' (20s: 8%, 30s: 19%).

When we asked those who answered they 'do not really have' or 'do not have' a career vision about their future career plans, 'want to engage in job hunting' was the most common response for both 20s and 30s (20s: 57%, 30s: 58%).

[Figure 1] Do you currently have a career vision (what you want to achieve in your work or how you want to be in the future)?