| Rasmussen Reports: 56% Say Their Employer Typically Promotes From Within |
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13/03/2010 11:33 (701 Day 11:54 minutes ago) | |||||
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The FINANCIAL -- Fifty-six percent (56%) of American workers say their employer typically looks to promote an existing employee for an open position before considering other candidates.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 24% of those who are currently employed say their employer does not look within the company first. Another 20% are not sure.
Men and women over the age of 40 are more likely than younger adults to say their employer tends to promote from within the company.
But working Americans were almost evenly divided in late January when asked if they had a better opportunity for career advancement by staying within their current company or going to work for someone else. Forty-one percent (41%) said they had a better chance with their current employer, while 38% saw working for another company as a better avenue.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of Americans who are working or looking for a job say the job market is worse now than it was a year ago. Thirty-four percent (34%) also expect the U.S. unemployment rate to be higher a year from today. Forty-seven percent (47%) say the best way to find a job in today’s economy is through personal networking, but 28% think the Internet works best.
Of those who are currently employed or looking for work, 25% say they currently have their resume posted online. Seventy percent (70%) do not.
Men are twice as likely as women to have their resume up on the Internet. Adults under 40 are more likely to have posted their resume online than those who are older.
Only 13% of those who are currently working, though, say their employer knows their resume is available on the Internet. Sixty-four percent (64%) say their employer doesn’t know, and 23% more aren’t sure.
Still, only 13% are at least somewhat concerned about what would happen if their current employer found out their resume was online, with just six percent (6%) who are very concerned. Eighty-three percent (83%) are not concerned about this possibility, including 34% who are not at all concerned.
Americans are now evenly divided over whether it’s possible for anyone who wants to work to find a job: 45% say that’s true, while another 45% say it’s not. This marks a six-point increase in confidence from the beginning of the year but is in line with the findings from much of last year.
The Rasmussen Employment Index, which measures worker confidence, was up slightly in February, although it’s still down 17 points from two years ago. Sixteen percent (16%) say the company they work for is hiring, while 25% say their company is laying off workers. This makes February the 17th month in a row where the number of companies laying off people exceeds the number who are hiring.
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