Survey Only 10% of people are currently in their childhood dream job

Survey Only 10% of people are currently in their childhood dream jobSurvey Only 10% of people are currently in their childhood dream jobGuitar player, veterinarian, marine biologist Did you end up with the job you wanted to be as a teenager? A recent survey by TollFreeForwarding asked 2,000 Americans what they wanted to be when they grew up. Here are the top ten jobs they dreamed about as adolescentsInterestingly, 24% reported having their childhood dream job at some point, butonly 10% hold it today. 64% said that the dream job lived up to their expectations.76% never made it to their coveted childhood job, however, 39% of that percentage regret not chasing after it. 34% said they just didnt have the right skills, 16% cited financial barriers, and 10% put raising a family first.A third of respondents said they were unhappy in their career, dream job or not.A pattern emergesWhen childhood dreams jobs are broken down by age range, some interesting patterns emerge. Public service jobs l ike teacher, doctor, and nurse feature in the top four in all of the age brackets.We set out to binnensee how the idea of the dream job has changed over the last half a century, and its heart-warming to see careers with a strong sense of social responsibility performing so well through a number of generations, saidJason OBrien, COO of TollFreeForwarding.com, of the findings.Other points of interestWriter/author is only in the top 5 of the 55-65 age rangePro Sports star is the top childhood dream job of 45-55-year-olds18-24-year-olds, however, list the videogame-oriented E-sports player as their third most popular childhood dream jobAnd what about the next generation? 500 of the respondents had children under 16. Heres what they aspire toDoctor/nursePolice officeVeterinarianTeacherFirefighterTV personality/celebrityArtistPro Sports starActorScientist, Esports playerGoodbye, lawyers looks like we have a generation full of TV personalities, celebs, and esports players Or maybe theyll grow out of it.