People are a interesting bunch, always looking for the next big thing to keep them entertained and satisfied. But when it comes to careers and employment, their habits are even quirkier.
Gen Z-ers are Job Hopping More Than Ever: BLS Data Reveals a Younger Workforce in Constant Motion
US Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows that not only do employees aged under 34 change jobs most frequently (an average of 1.3 years for employees aged 20 to 24 in January 2020, versus 4.9 years for those aged 35 to 44), but they’re doing so more often: median tenure has been shrinking since 2010.
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480 Million Hours Wasted: America's Job Application Blunder
Nearly 40% of heterosexual couples met online as of 2017. And we have to imagine that number is higher after the pandemic.
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Freelancers and Agencies Agree: Time is Money and Managing it is Key to Success
In the 2022 Mailchimp & Co Benchmark Report, 30% of surveyed freelancers said that time management is one of the biggest challenges they face. Similarly, 34% of surveyed agencies said that deciding how they spend their time is one of their top priorities
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Americans Prove that Nepotism Pays Off
29% of Americans work for a parent’s employer before turning 30, which is estimated to increase one’s initial earnings by 19%.
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Future Business Titans Outshine Aspiring Artists Among Young Adults
Young people between the ages of 18 and 29 years old are more interested in becoming business people, doctors and engineers than creators or artists. Business took first place at 14%, artists lagged in fourth place at 7%. Even lower on the list was author, at 4%.
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American Auditors Check Out
In the US, 300k+ accountants and auditors have quit in the last two years. Now, industry giants like KPMG and PwC are outsourcing work overseas, where workers can handle up to 95% of an audit.
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US Professionals Can't Escape the Office Even on Holiday
Many professionals are like workaholic ghosts, haunting their office even when they're supposed to be out. 60% take their work on vacation with them, and 37% check in with the office multiple times a day.
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Nosh Nation: Work Schedules Dictate Employee Dining Habits
63% of remote workers eat breakfast daily, compared to a 53% of in-person workers. And 71% said they got all or most of their groceries via online delivery orders.
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The 'Just Because' Excuse No Longer Cuts it
73% of employees and 78% of business decision makers say they need a better reason to go in than just company expectations.
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Travel Nurses: The Ultimate Jet-Setters, Making Serious Cash in Record Time
There are now ~32k jobs for travel nurses, up from ~8k in early 2020, with the average weekly pay standing at $3,334 per week. In just 6 months, some travel nurses earn the entire median pay that non-travel nurses do in a year.
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Designers Standing Up for Their Beliefs
40% of freelance designers claim they have turned down work because they disagreed with a client’s stance on a social topic they cared about, according to a poll of 10,000 designers.
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A Career of Correction
The average white collar worker spends half a year correcting typos over the course of their career, and nearly as much typing in logins and remembering passwords.
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One More Time for the People in the Back: Autonomy Matters
57% of employees feel the lack of trust when their employers micromanage them, and 67% want employers to show trust by giving them the power to make decisions.
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