Workers 'will have more than one employer' in 25 years

UK staff expect to be working for more than one employer in 25 years' time as conventional working arrangements become thing of the past, a new survey has found.

Research carried out by Office Angels found that the concept of a career for life could have all but disappeared in the next couple of decades and be replaced by workers pursuing a succession of different career paths and even having jobs in different sectors at the same time.

By 2037, one in four employees expects to be working for more than one employer at a time, while almost a third of respondents think that having a degree will be less valuable due to the blurring of job boundaries and ambiguous definition of a career.

Additionally, almost half of staff think career progression will no longer be linear, which will be the reason why workers pursue a series of different careers throughout their working lives as they aim to learn and develop new skills.

David Clubb, managing director of Office Angels, said it is clear that flexibility and adaptability are going to be valued increasingly highly over the next few decades, as the idea of a career takes on an "entirely new shape".

"That's not to say that having the relevant skills and a sense of dedication to the job won’t be important, but companies and employees will have to find a new balance, just as they will have to manage the challenges as well as the opportunities that working more flexibly presents," he added.

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Posted by John Oak and Wayne Bly

Filed: 31-01-2012