Here's what engineering and business students around the world want from their employers

• Generation Z’s top priority when looking for a job is work-life balance followed by job security.
• That being said, while balance usually means flexible work hours, for Gen Z it implicates a having purpose and meaning in life as well as work.
• 70% of respondents indicated that they would want to turn their hobbies into their career choice.

The average person spends one-third of their life at work, so when you’re looking to start your career is about more than just having a ‘job’. A recent report by Universum, global research and advisory firm, reveals that to have work-life balance is a priority for business students as well as engineering students across the globe.

Universum’s World’s Most Attractive Employers 2018 takes a look at what students are looking at as their career goals when looking to enter the workforce. It’s based on the responses of 228.910 business and engineering students from 12 of the largest economies in the world. The results are then weighted by GDP, so a higher rank in the US would have a heavier bearing on the overall result in comparison to a high rank in India.

While work-life balance and job security are common denominators between technology students and business students, the former look towards serving the greater good and the latter aim to be leaders.

Here’s a full list of the career goals that students are looking to accomplish: