Young workers ending up in the wrong graduate careers.

The research looked at 115000 people from countries all over the world.  44% felt that their school education did not prepare them for working life and 66% wish they'd gone on to study more.  47% wished they'd studied something different before beginning their graduate careers and 20% said they had chosen the wrong career pathway altogether.

The research perhaps reflects the fact that graduate careers may often be chosen at an age where people have a lot more development to go before really knowing what they really want out of life.  Perhaps it simply isn't realistic to choose from available graduate careers at such an early stage and be sure it is a direction that will provide a listing satisfaction.

Another issue here is that very few educational programs are occupational.  As a result, working life can be a total culture shock to people who have only know education, and not occupation all their life.  Then, suddenly, it becomes occupation with no education for life, small wonder many find it difficult to settle into new careers.