VIETNAM

YOUTH

SPEAK

2014

Nicola Connolly

Adecco Vietnam

Method and Sample

EDUCATION

Good academic results still remain important to students but they are becoming

more diverse in learning things outside their curriculum.

Social volunteering clubs remain most important, even more so than academic

ones, even though academic results was valued as highly important.

Method of teaching and soft skill development appears to be of high value and

importance when selecting a university.

2.0%

6.2%

6.3%

17.1%

32.5%

38.4%

59.9%

61.3%

76.3%

IT system

Administration

Assessment

Facilities

Extra-curricular activites

Professors

Syllabus/ Knowledge

Opportunities to get soft skills

Method of teaching

What do you think are the top 3 important factors of a good university?

Most of respondents want to look for a job as a certain, however, over a third of

Vietnamese students are now seeking further studies overseas

Vietnam Gen Y – Summary

Generation Y is very eager in the sense of wanting

more varied methods of studying and working. The

highest number of respondents (66.8%) said that

academic result is the most important, but they also

realize the value of learning more soft skills (60.7%) or

self-challenging in other contest (45.9%).

More importantly, Yers become more dynamic and

confident than their elders thanks to the growth of

internet and social media. 38.9% of respondents want to

widen their social network because they look to learn

new thing from reality and from their peers.

Generation Y seems to recognize the pioneering role of

higher education. Apart from the highest of 47.4% look

for a job after graduation, the 33.3% still want to seek for

oversee studying as they understand the need of having

global knowledge and work experience.

Method and Sample

CAREER PLANNING

The vast majority of Vietnamese students are extremely confident regarding

their ability to find their preferred in ample time.

29%

25%

21%

13%

7% 5%

How long do you think you can find a preferred job after graduation?

1-2 months 3-4 months Right after

graduation

5-6 months > 9 months 6-9 months

Business Services is the preferred industry to work on.

Online is the best channel to seek for job, as well as the referral and advice from

elders.

Income is only the 3rd factor to motivate people to work, but they’re self

development and profession.

Work environment is the most important factor to be ‘Top Of Choice’ employer.

Most students do not intend to stay with their first employer for more than 2 years.

Career path and recognition are the top 2 employees’ concerns.

Vietnam Gen Y - Summary

Looking at the number of 74.6% of Yers believe that

they can find a job immediately or within 1 to 4 months

after graduation, they appear to be confident and

intelligent to become the future leaders.

In fact, there’s 20.75% fresh graduates unemployed (Q4

2013) so Gen Y have to prepare themselves and

manage their expectation while looking for the first job.

To address this issue, Yers should know how to select a

good company to work for (with 60.4% look to the

company environment not a salary) and equip

themselves by taking more soft skill course or

internship.

The number of 69% want to stay in the first company for

1-2 years which is only good enough to learn and adapt

company culture. After this time, they have to decide

whether they can develop in the current company and

will need more time to seek for promotion, or decide to

move on to another environment for a new start.

Generation Y In The Workplace

Are Their Needs Understood?

Adecco’s Best Practices For

Gen Y employees

http://www.inc.com/guides/2010/04/employee-retention.html

Social Media – Understand It!

Adecco’s Best practices

1. Social Media development

• Be active on Social media to recruit and motivate people.

2. Career path development

• Set a clear career path for each employee

• Allow employees to understand that they determine their own

success.

• Challenge them to take on more responsibility, and hold them

accountable for the results.

3. Flexibility at work

• Employees nearly always make workplace requests. Maybe they

want flexi hours or a bigger office!

• Employees should also ‘step up’ to see their requests agreed to.

What will they do to go to the next level?

4. Recognition

• Employees should also ‘step up’ to see their requests agreed to.

What will they do to go to the next level?