Young Romanians, confident about future in digital economy

More than half (53%) of young Romanians aged 18 to 24 are confident that they will find a job to match their skills in the future digital economy. This places Romania first among 18 countries where telecom group Vodafone carried out a survey on how prepared young people are to participate in the digital economy. Romania is ahead of countries such as Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Spain or the UK. The survey also shows that young Romanians are among the most optimistic about their future in the digital economy, with more than 30% stating digital economy will increase their job opportunities and only 10% saying they will never be able to afford the quality of life of their parents’ generation. Romania ranks first in terms of percentage of youngsters who would rather work for themselves/be an entrepreneur than for a company, with 51% expressing this preference. The results also show that Romanian 18-24 year-olds seem to be among the best prepared in the 15 countries to embrace digital-focused jobs. Some 27% of participants would prefer to work as coders, 23% as game designers, 22% as YouTube and video bloggers, 17% as app designers and 14% as cyber-security specialists. The survey was run by YouGov and the results have been used to document the international program "What will you be?", designed to offer career guidance in the digital economy and access to training for 10 million young people in 18 countries. The program has been recently launched in Romania and other 17 countries and is also available in Romanian. Young unemployed Romanians, among EU’s most willing to relocate for work in the country editor@romania-insider.com