Giving Compass' Take:

• Universum released an study indicating that college students' preferences in job characteristics and attributes have changed over the last decade.

• One finding revealed that by the end of the decade, more students preferred a flexible workplace. How are employers changing their standards to appease the next generation of workers?

• Read about developing tech skills for the workplace.

Universum provided Business Insider with an exclusive analysis of which job characteristics students in the US said were important to them going back to the start of the decade, and how their priorities have changed. We looked at the attributes students considered important that had the biggest positive and negative changes between 2010 and 2019.

Here are the four attributes with the biggest increases over the last decade. More students at the end of the decade were looking for flexible work options than at the start. Opportunities for long-term career development also saw increases.

  • Professional training and development
  • Prospects for high future earnings
  • Clear path for advancement
  • Flexible working conditions

The share of students who want flexible work conditions has increased a lot over the last decade.

Here are the four job attributes with the biggest decreases between 2010 and 2019. Fewer students at the end of the decade were explicitly looking for challenging work or to quickly move up the company ladder. Students in 2019 were also less likely to emphasize further education and performance-related bonuses.

  • Challenging work
  • Sponsorship of future education
  • Good possibilities for rapid promotion
  • Performance-related bonus

Read the full article about priorities for future careers by Andy Kiersz at Business Insider.