This is an infographic illustrating the following facts:

• Canadian Generation Xers worked an average of 3.2 jobs in the first 12 years of their careers, staying 3.4 years in each job. Comparatively, Generation Y held an average of 3.9 jobs over their first 12 years, with 2.7 years in each job.

• 28% of Canadians have had between 5 and 10 jobs in their careers and another 16% have had more than 10%; Only 6% of Canadians have had 1 job, only 8% have had 2, and only 14% have had 3.

• 88.5 % of Canadians have had to change employers in order to move to a higher level position.

• There has been a 30% increase in people changing provinces for work over the past 20 years.

• Canadians are switching careers paths completely at least 2 or 3 times. 35% of Canadians have had 2 completely different career paths, while 24% have had 3.