Future intentions of employees in the next 12 months

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The AWRS collected information about where employees want to be in 12 months' time.

The options presented to employees to choose from included working for the same employer in the same or different role or working for a different employer in the same industry or a different industry.

Three-quarters (76%) of employees indicated that they wanted to remain with their employer for the next 12 months.

Table 6.7 shows that over half (57%) of employees reported that they wanted to be working for their employer in the same role in 12 months time. A desire to remain in their current role was highest among employees in the Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Services (66%) and Education and Training (64%) industries, and lowest among employees in the Accommodation and Food Services (46%) industry.

Table 6.7: Employee intentions in the next 12 months by industry, per cent of employees
	Working for the same employer in the same role (%)	Working for the same employer in a different role (%)	Working for a different employer in the same industry (%)	Working in another industry (%)	No longer working (%)	Other (%)	Unsure (%)
All industries	56.9	18.6	5.7	7.0	2.1	1.6	8.1
Mining	56.1	22.9	10.7	2.8	1.9	0.9	4.7
Manufacturing	61.7	15.0	4.1	6.7	3.2	0.7	8.6
Electricity, gas, water and waste services	66.2	17.6	2.2	8.1	2.2	0.0	3.7
Construction	62.5	19.2	7.2	3.2	1.4	1.4	5.1
Wholesale trade	58.1	18.6	3.7	6.5	3.1	0.8	9.2
Retail trade	54.4	18.7	4.3	9.6	2.2	1.4	9.5
Accommodation and food services	45.7	17.1	5.4	14.9	3.1	2.9	10.9
Transport, postal and warehousing	59.4	17.1	4.3	6.9	1.6	1.9	8.8
Information media and telecommunications	52.6	20.9	6.1	3.9	2.2	2.6	11.7
Financial and insurance services	58.1	21.2	4.7	6.2	1.2	0.6	8.0
Rental, hiring and real estate services	59.6	19.7	2.2	9.2	0.3	0.9	8.0
Professional, scientific and technical services	53.4	27.4	6.3	2.7	1.3	2.7	6.3
Administrative and support services	50.8	21.1	3.9	12.2	2.3	0.7	9.0
Public administration and safety	51.8	26.6	7.3	3.7	2.3	1.4	6.9
Education and training	64.0	14.3	7.2	4.4	1.8	0.9	7.4
Health care and social assistance	57.7	16.8	6.4	6.4	2.1	2.7	7.9
Arts and recreation services	53.6	17.9	7.9	10.1	1.7	0.9	7.8
Other services	56.3	15.1	7.4	8.1	1.8	2.6	8.7

Source: AWRS 2014, Employee survey and Enterprise Characteristics (Recruitment screener) survey.

Base = 7847 employees.

Proportions in red denote relative standard errors greater than or equal to 50% and should be treated as indicative only.

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14 February 2016

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