Photo: Lisa Maree Williams/ Getty ImagesCareers in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries are increasingly becoming the dream jobs for many Generation Z students as a result of the pandemic, a new survey reveals. The survey was carried out among 10,043 students, 87pc of whom are Generation Z having been born after 1997. The HSE retained its number-one spot since 2020 as the most desired employer for health and medicine students. But pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson now rank second and third respectively, while also moving to first and second spot for natural science students. They both rank in the top 10 for engineering students and top 30 for business students.

Source: Irish Independent June 01, 2021 01:30 UTC