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HR by numbers: May 2010

By: Staff Journalist, Singapore
Published: May 01, 2010

Child’s play

Taiwan – What was your dream occupation when you were young? For Taiwanese, becoming a teacher was the number one dream job (29%) when they were growing up while being an entrepreneur (17%) came in second. Entertainment stars (16%) took third place, found a survey by 1111 Job Bank.

76% of 1,137 respondents said they were unable to realise their childhood aspirations and diverted from their dreams at the age of 21.

11% said they are living the dream, working in a profession closely related to their childhood dream jobs.

57% said that if they could go back in time, they would change their childhood ambitions to jobs in the IT industry.

15% said they wanted to become a doctor or nurse, while 10% dreamed of becoming a flight attendant.

 

Source: 1111 Job Bank


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