Ukrainian teenagers are not particularly eager to work in IT — most are attracted to working in the creative industry

The study covered schoolchildren from different regions of Ukraine; 1,615 respondents aged 14 to 18 took part in it, the press release notes. They answered in a free form (without providing pre-formulated options) the question: «What professions do you plan to choose for yourself?».

The most popular field was creative industries (designer, architect, actor, photographer, illustrator, etc.). The top ten most desirable fields for work among teenagers included:

1. Creative industries — 20,6%.
2. Services and hospitality — 11,9%.
3. Education and social sphere — 10,9%.
4. Business and management — 9,2%.
5. Medicine — 8,1%.
6. Jurisprudence — 7,0%.
7. IT and digital technologies — 6,8%.
8. Humanities — 6,0%.
9. Media and communications — 4,3%.
10. Natural sciences — 3,2%.

The IT sector ranked only 7th, with most respondents simply mentioning the IT sector rather than specific specialties related to it. Among the specific specialties most often mentioned were «cyber security,» «front-end developer,» and «data analyst.»

At the same time, the generalized profession «IT» took third place:

1. Psychologist — 6,8%.
2. Designer — 6,4%
3. IT — 5,7%.
4. Lawyer — 5,3%.
5. Doctor — 5,1%.
6. Manager — 4,7%.
7. Teacher — 3,4%.
8. Journalist — 3,0%.
9. Marketer — 2,1%.
10. Architect — 1,9%.

«Our study shows a clear gap between the professional preferences of teenagers and the real demands of the labor market. Young people mainly choose creative fields, while employers increasingly need technical specialists and workers with vocational qualifications,» commented Vyacheslav Fokin, CEO of JobAtlas, the developer of the Profitrol platform, on the results of the study.

According to him, this indicates a critical need for systematic career guidance and better awareness among young people about current opportunities in the labor market.

Fokin created Profitrol to help his 14-year-old daughter decide on a future profession. He told dev.ua how the platform’s AI agent works and what plans the startup has for developing the career market for young people and beyond.

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