9 percent of respondents said they could not accomplish all the tasks on their daily to-do lists, largely because of distractions by email, impromptu meetings or phone calls.
- Dan Schawbel
94% of parents expect their child to go to college. 57% of Americans say colleges fail to provide students with good value for money spent. 75% of public says college too expensive for most Americans to afford.
- Dan Schawbel
Three percent of recent college grads say their parents have actually sat in with them during interviews, and one percent claim Mom or Dad wrote their thank you notes afterwards.
- Dan Schawbel
WE expect more from technology and less from one another and seem increasingly drawn to technologies that provide the illusion of companionship without the demands of relationship.
- Dan Schawbel
According to a study by employee benefits provider Workplace Options, 84% of employees aged 18 to 29 say they would date a co-worker, and 71% say they think workplace romance is a positive thing that improves performance and morale. Their older colleagues disagree, as only 29% of those aged 46 to 65 say they’d consider dating someone they worked with, and 90% say it could do more harm than good.
- Dan Schawbel
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A quarter of U.S. employees said they’ve never bargained on the job. Worldwide, negotiating at work is an awkward experience for 35% of the 2,000 professionals surveyed. Another 34% say they feel confident about asking for what they want, while 10% say they find it exciting. The rest were either indifferent or non-responsive.
- Dan Schawbel
Eighty percent of 3,500 recent graduates and college and graduate students surveyed said that they either use their smartphones for career-related purposes or could imagine themselves doing so, according to the 2012 Online Talent Communication study conducted by Potentialpark.
- Dan Schawbel
A study from Juniper Research shows the number of socially active users on mobile devices will rise from 650 million in 2011 to 1.3 billion in 2016.
- Dan Schawbel
Recent research suggests that those who sit from 9-5 (more than 6 hours daily) and exercise regularly are more likely to have heart disease than those who sit less than 3 hours per day and don’t “exercise” at all.
- Dan Schawbel
The number one most important factor that U.S. professionals attribute to luck is, “strong work ethic,” which seventy percent of respondents selected.
- Dan Schawbel