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One in 11 People Are Working at Their Childhood Dream Job

11/16/2012




According to a survey by LinkedIn, one in 11 people are working in their childhood dream job, and one in five work in a career RELATED to their dream job. 

Here's what MEN say were their top five dream jobs as kids:           

#1.)  8.2% wanted to be an athlete 

#2.)  6.8% dreamed of being a helicopter or airline pilot. 

#3.)  6.8% wanted to be a scientist.

#4.)  5.9% said they wanted to be a lawyer.

#5.)  And 5% said astronaut was their dream job.

 

And here's what WOMEN said they wanted to be when they were little:

#1.)  11.4% said they wanted to be a teacher.

#2.)  9% dreamed of being a veterinarian. 

#3.)  8.1% wanted to be a writer, journalist or author.

#4.)  7.1% wanted to be a singer.

#5.)  And 7.1% wanted to be a doctor, nurse or paramedic.


Overall, the dream job that made it highest on both lists was, an engineer.

 

(Philly.com)