Work in the future: 4 out of 10 Argentines believe that people will retire at an older age

In relation to the expected future retirement age, 4 out of 10 Argentines they believe that will retire at an older age than workers currently do, while 3 out of 10 They consider the opposite, in a 20 year horizonaccording to a report by Randstad and the University of Saint Andrew.

“In developing countries like Argentinathe weight of those who, faced with the possibility of freely choosing that they would retire at an earlier age, see their choice conditioned by the economic situation“he commented Andrea AvilaCEO of Randstad for Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

Through surveys about 700 peoplethe study allowed us to raise the diversity of opinions, debates and factors raised by retirement ages. Furthermore, another of the axles in disputewas the weight of academic training and the skills that will be required in the workplace.

What is the indicated age to receive

The perception of retirement age is different between different age groups, where the 41% of the young people from 26 to 35 years believes that people will stop working sooner than they do now, while the 30%from the same group, considers that it will do so after the age of 70.

Regarding the people between 46 and 55 yearsonly the 22% considers that people will stop working before the age of 65, while the 43% He believes he will do so after 70 years of age. Finally, those who have a perspective closest to the current one are the people between 56 and 65 yearswhere the 41% maintains that the retirement age will continue to be between 66 and 70 years.

Will a university degree no longer be necessary?

The importance regarding the formations, job skills and the relevance that will have degree in people’s employability, it is an issue that generates great disputes. He 40% considers that the university degree It will be less important to guarantee work in the future.

On the other hand, the 29% considers that the degree in 20 yearswill be even more important than today to access jobs. The remaining 31% believe that in the future it will have the same importance as today for workers.

“We have no certainty what jobs will exist tomorrow, but we do know that we must be open to training and train ourselves permanently since today job skills have a decreasing useful life“said Ávila.

Regarding the necessary skillshe 54% agrees that continuous learning resources and adaptability will be crucial to staying employablecontrary to technical and interpersonal skills, which only obtained 24% and 21%.

The responses reflected a difference depending on the work areawhere the operational areas consider that the technical skills in a 31%versus the support areas that respond 21%.