Generation Z Doesn’t Care About Technology! Even With Rising Salaries, Young People Abandon IT Sector. Research Reveals Surprising Trend: Health Professions Gain Popularity Among Today’s Youth.

Written by Valdemar Medeiros

Published on 09/08/2024 at 07:50

Updated on 09/08/2024 at 08:40

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Young People Are Leaving The IT Sector Despite The High Salaries Offered. Although The Technology Field Is Becoming Increasingly Promising, It Has Not Been Able To Attract Generation Z. Understand The Reasons Behind This Trend.

The salaries in the Information Technology (IT) field, which were already attractive, continue to rise, reflecting the high demand for qualified professionals. However, the Generation Z, made up of young people born between 1997 and 2012, is showing a significant shift in attitude. Instead of seeking opportunities in IT, many are choosing other sectors, such as healthcare. Check out the reasons behind this surprising trend and what it means for the future of the job market. If you are following the changes in young people’s career preferences, keep reading to understand what is behind this exodus from the IT sector.

Young People Leave The IT Sector: Google And Amazon Face A Drop In Ranking

The situation was pointed out by a study from the National Society of High School Scholars, which surveyed over 10,000 young people. Major tech companies like Google and Amazon have dropped in the ranking of student preference. Google, which was once at the top, is now seventh, and Amazon is eighth.

The study conducted in the U.S. indicated that the main areas of professional interest include medicine and healthcare. The primary interest of young people from Generation Z is working in large companies in the healthcare sector.

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Young People Of Generation Z Have A More Negative View Of Artificial Intelligence

The counselor of the Brazilian Association of Human Resources, Cosme Peres, explained that the study also pointed out that Generation Z has a more negative view of artificial intelligence. The IT director of Gi Group Holding, José Roberto Paim Neto, recalls that historically, in Brazil, the healthcare sector is more sought after, and the demand for IT courses continues to increase.

In Brazil, young people are leaving the IT sector, and 43.7% of companies struggle “a little” or “to a great extent” to find professionals with advanced digital skills. The data comes from a survey by Gi Group Holding, in partnership with the Italian technological university Politécnico di Milano, and the data intelligence company Intelig Data Management.

The expectation is that companies will increasingly seek specialists in Digital Marketing and Strategy (40%), Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Specialists (35%), Information Security Analysts (35%), among others, in the coming years.

Young People Are Leaving The IT Sector And Salaries Are 82% Higher

With Generation Z turning away from technology, there are more job openings than qualified professionals to fill them. As a result, companies are offering salaries up to 82% higher than those in medium and low-tech companies. The data was released by the National Confederation of Commerce (CNI).

Those working in medium-low technology companies, according to the federation’s survey, have an average salary of R$ 3,238.14. In high-tech companies, the amount rises to R$ 5,901.31.

The president of the Labor Relations Council of the Federation of Industries of the State (Consurt), Fernando Otávio Campos, explains that technology professionals are those who develop, operate, and manage high-tech equipment, which are more sophisticated including advanced automation, artificial intelligence, for example.

Generation Z Doesn’t Care About Technology! Even With Rising Salaries, Young People Abandon IT Sector. Research Reveals Surprising Trend: Health Professions Gain Popularity Among Today’s Youth.

Young People Are Leaving The IT Sector Despite The High Salaries Offered. Although The Technology Field Is Becoming Increasingly Promising, It Has Not Been Able To Attract Generation Z. Understand The Reasons Behind This Trend.

Young People Leave The IT Sector: Google And Amazon Face A Drop In Ranking

Young People Of Generation Z Have A More Negative View Of Artificial Intelligence

Young People Are Leaving The IT Sector And Salaries Are 82% Higher

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Generation Z Doesn’t Care About Technology! Even With Rising Salaries, Young People Abandon IT Sector. Research Reveals Surprising Trend: Health Professions Gain Popularity Among Today’s Youth.

Young People Are Leaving The IT Sector Despite The High Salaries Offered. Although The Technology Field Is Becoming Increasingly Promising, It Has Not Been Able To Attract Generation Z. Understand The Reasons Behind This Trend.

Young People Leave The IT Sector: Google And Amazon Face A Drop In Ranking

Young People Of Generation Z Have A More Negative View Of Artificial Intelligence

Young People Are Leaving The IT Sector And Salaries Are 82% Higher

With billions in loans, China is rebuilding Nigeria’s railway network from scratch, abandoning the British colonial tracks that have turned to scrap and creating a corridor of over 1,300 km to take the load off the roads of Africa’s largest economy.

Forget petroleum-based asphalt: a Scottish company transforms 684,000 plastic bottles into one kilometer of road that is 60% more resistant and up to 10 times more durable, and the technology has already started replacing traditional asphalt in more than 30 countries.

Austrian engineers have developed an inflatable concrete technology that transforms flat slabs into domes using only air pressure, eliminating scaffolding and temporary forms, and potentially changing the way bridges, tunnels, and curved roofs are constructed worldwide.

China is building an artificial island in the middle of the sea, covering 20 km², to construct the largest offshore airport in the world, the Dalian Jinzhouwan. This $4.3 billion project is anchored on more than 3,000 pillars embedded in the rock beneath the ocean and is scheduled to open in 2035.

Australia prepares to dredge 96.5 million m³ in Moreton Bay to deepen, widen, and realign channels of the Port of Brisbane, in a project of up to 25 years designed to accommodate larger ships and enhance maritime safety and regional port efficiency.

A robot named Walter does the work of five bricklayers per hour and can save the construction industry, where the average age of professionals is 46 years and almost no one wants to learn the trade anymore, in the United Kingdom.

Spain installs two giant pipelines 2.2 km off the coast to draw water from the Mediterranean and supply a megafacility capable of producing 200 million liters of drinking water per day.

Balloon the size of a stadium spends 25 days alone over Antarctica at nearly 37 km altitude and returns with data on cosmic antimatter that may reveal one of the rarest clues ever sought about the existence of dark matter.

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While most dealerships in Brazil take days to deliver cars, in Germany two 48-meter glass towers hold 800 vehicles and release each model via automatic elevators in a few seconds.

Goodbye to workers assembling rebar on construction sites: intelligent robot carries and positions more than 2.2 tons of rebar per hour, ties 1,200 intersections per hour, and promises to cut up to 50% of the schedule in bridge construction projects.

End of bricklayers laying brick by brick: robot places more than 2,000 bricks per day, automatically applies cement, works with only one human operator next to the machine, and transforms traditional masonry into a high-speed semi-automated operation.