▶ Your Answer : Various opinions may exist over the argument that it is better for young people to select a job in the same field as their parents than to choose a different career. As far as I am concerned, I agree with the statement. The ides below stated can be used as a valid evidence to support my view.
To begin with, children are able to know about jobs in advance. Parents have worked at least 10 years so they can let them know about strength and weakness of their jobs. It will be really helpful for children to choose their jobs. My personal experience can be used to prove my point. After graduating high schools, I had trouble with choosing a major. I pondered between 2 majors: chemistry and biology. I had many interest in biology so I wanted to major in but the workmarket of biology was less than chemistry. Then I asked advices to my father who worked as a biological researcher. He said to me that it was true the number of biological career is less than chemistry's but there were many jobs related with bio. Therefore, there was no need to worry about getting jobs when I major in biology. Therefore, young people can get some help from their parents when they choose to work in the same field with their parents.
Moreover, young people can get their parents' social backgrounds. Today, people are living in a world of meritocracy where only extremly people can survive. If they want to succeed, they need some social backgrounds. If their parents and their children work in the same field, young people can contact with their parents' bosses or collegues and it will be asset to succeed. According to the research of Seoul National University of Korea, the most of the respendents who are working in the same field of their parents' are significantly helped by getting their parents' social network and they can be succeed more fast than average people. If they did not select a job concerned wtih their parents' they can be hindered to arrive their goal.
For these reasons, selecting a similar job like their parents' is crucial given that the importance of social backgrounds and knowing in advance jobs. |