British workers have been found to be the most keen to work in their home country, while citizens of some other EU nations are also enthusiastic about obtaining jobs in the UK.
An overwhelming 98.5% of Britons said they wanted to stay in the UK for their next job, according to a study of tens of millions in 15 countries of online job searches by website Indeed.
This was the highest percentage resulting from the research.
The most eager to work outside their nations were those in Luxembourg where 56% said they would work elsewhere. Luxembourg citizens are already well adapted to finding places in Belgium, Germany and France.
With the exception of the Duchy, the majority of those interviewed preferred to work in their own countries, including those lands where the long economic downturn still remains a reality – Portugal (93%), Spain (95%), Finland (93%), and Italy (97%).
The workers whose horizons stretched further were to be found predominately in Ireland, Greece and Denmark where a minority of 15% in each country said they were looking to go abroad for employment.
For those who were interested in working in another country, the UK was the most favoured destination – 37% fancied their chances in Britain.
Lagging behind were France and Germany where about 12% hoped for work while 8% looked to the Netherlands and 5% chose Ireland.
Spain was the target for nearly 6% while Portugal was in the sights of a mere 1.5%.
For the Brits, their thoughts turned mostly to Ireland and France as well as the US and India.
“Freedom of movement has always been one of the EU’s central tenets but according to this research, Europe is delivering the UK one-way traffic,” said Indeed’s economist Mariano Mamertino.
“It’s very clear that the average Briton is considerably less likely to want to work in Europe than the average European wants to work in Britain.”
