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More than half Latvian residents do not work in their profession

BC, Riga, 24.04.2014.Print version
For more than half of Latvian citizens the current job is not in line with the education they have received, as indicated in a research conducted by Cvmarket.lv, cites LETA/Nozare.lv.

The research finds that 59% of Latvian citizens do not work in their profession. Less than a half – 41% – are employed in the field that is closely related to their education.

 

69% of respondents are satisfied with the choice of their profession, but 91%, asked whether they have thought about working in another field, replied affirmatively. 9% of the respondents have not thought about changing their job.

 

"The research data shows that the majority of people do not work in the field they have studied. However, Ministry of Education is not to be blamed for this situation, it is rather the result of the economic crisis," Inga Daliba, marketing manager of Cvmarket.lv commented.

 

Half of respondents said that their jobs had little to do with theoretical knowledge obtained during education.

 

26% of the people surveyed said they have changed their jobs because they were not paid adequate salary. 21% said that there are few vacancies suited for their profession, but 18% saw better career opportunities in their current field. 9% of respondents said that, soon after starting to work, they came to realization that the particular field is not for them.

 

73% of Latvian citizens believe that they could work yet in their original professional, but 27% are content with their current situation and do not plan to change it.


71% of the respondents were females and 29% males, aged from 18 to 65. The majority of respondents – 61% – have university education, 19% – vocational education, and 12% – high school education.

 

The poll was conducted from April 7 to April 22, 2014, interviewing 900 respondents online.






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