Unsurprising Job Survey Results Show a Ready to Jump Workforce
January 29, 2010 Leave a comment
CareerBuilder.com often produces worthwhile studies and reports and a couple of weeks ago they published their findings from a survey conducted in November, 2009. The report is titled Despite Competitive Labor Market, One-in-Five Workers Plan to Change Jobs in 2010, New CareerBuilder Survey Reveals and it has some great numbers in it. Here are some:
Pay:
- 57% of workers didn’t get a raise last year
- it was 35% in 2008
- Those that did get a raise, 28% got an increase of 3% or less
- 71% of workers didn’t get a bonus
Switching Industries:
- 20% of workers plan to switch careers/fields in the next two years. The reasons:
- 67% say they are seeking more interesting work
- 54% say they want higher pay
- 41% say they want career advancement
- 36% say they want stability
Leadership Ratings:
- 23% of workers judge their corporate leaders as poor or very poor. Reasons:
- 35% say it’s the inability to address employee morale
- 30% say there is a lack of transparency
- 28% say major changes are made without warning
There are other great numbers that I skipped over as well.
The Conference Board also echoed similar sentiment in a report titled I can’t Get No… Job Satisfaction, That is
- Almost 25% say they don’t expect to be at their current job within a year
- 45% of Americans say they are satisfied with their job
- It was 61% in 1987 and it isn’t a cyclical occurrence
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