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Young Hungarian workers prepared to relocate for work

Around half of Hungarian workers say they would be prepared to relocate to a different city to find work, while a similar number would be willing to consider moving to a different country, according to a new international workplace survey.

The survey, by global recruitment firm Kelly Services, also found that Hungarian workers are not willing to devote long periods travelling to and from work, with 28% prepared to spend 45-60 minutes daily and only 9% prepares to spend at least 60-90 minutes a day commuting.

The survey, by global recruitment firm Kelly Services, sought the views of 115,000 people in 33 countries, including more than 4,400 in Hungary, about their patterns of travel to and from work, their capacity to move to find the right job and the main factors preventing them from relocating.

“With a more globalised workforce, there is increasingly a need that people may have to relocate to find the right work, or to advance their career.

“There are many skills that are easily transferable across borders including in areas such as banking and finance, IT, science and engineering,” Aniko Jonas said.

Amongst the key findings of the survey:

  • 64% would be willing to consider moving to a different city for work
  • 61% would be prepared to consider relocating to a different country to find work
  • 57% would not consider relocating to a country where they didn’t fluently speak the local language
  • 68% have not relocated to a different city to find work
  • 53% of people say they would like to stay living and working where they currently live until they retire
  • 9% were prepared to spend a total of more than two hours each day commuting

“For many workers, the chance to move to a different city or country could be a rewarding professional experience as well as a good lifestyle choice,” Aniko Jonas   said.

“Employees, in Hungary, have not become yet enough mobile and flexible in both their travel and living arrangements to find the right job”. 

Hungary, 53% of people say that, before they retire, they would not like to move away from the place where they currently live and work. 

 

 

 

Kelly Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: KELYA, KELYB) is a world leader in human resources solutions headquartered in Troy, Michigan, offering temporary staffing services, outsourcing, vendor on-site and full-time placement. Kelly operates in 37 countries and territories.  Kelly provides employment to more than 750,000 employees annually, with skills including office services, accounting, engineering, information technology, law, science, marketing, creative services, light industrial, education, and health care. Revenue in 2007 was $5.7 billion.  Visit www.kellyservices.com.

 

  Media contact:           Aniko Jonas

                                     General Manager

                                     Kelly Services Hungary

                                     Tel: + 1/ 354-2770

Email: ajonas@kellyservices.hu