• British young professionals look for international positions, concrete development opportunities, increasingly challenging assignments as key features in the ideal employer.
• Work-life balance is not the first priority for most as opposed to German and French workers, who value flexible working arrangements.
• Twenty-seven percent of the respondents selected BA as the #1 choice of Preferred Employer.

"The Young Professional survey shows that international opportunities are most important to achieve employee retention, however opportunities for professional training and personal development are even more important", says Johan Carlsson, Universum’s European Area Manager.

Carlsson continued, "The survey results help companies feel the pulse of the up and coming professionals and allows them important insight on how to attract, recruit and retain European young professionals."

According to Monster.co.uk Managing Director, Bella Hubble: "With over 2.8 million candidates across Europe, we’ve been able to secure a solid source of young professionals for the survey. It also provides an ideal vantage point from where to observe trends in today’s complex and dynamic job markets’.