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How Do Americans Feel about Their Jobs?


Published on 2012-08-29 07:21:56 - Market Wire
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NEW YORK & SUNNYVALE, Calif.--([ ])--PARADE Magazine teamed up with Yahoo! Finance for the Job Happiness Survey to discover how Americans view their jobs, working cultures, career priorities, and prospects. Based on the findings, it is clear that Americans are putting more value on every penny earned. With Yahoo! Finance, people can more easily manage and track their personal finances so they can be sure theyare getting a bigger bang for their buck.

Below are some of the key findings; the full survey is available by request, or to read more about this survey, please visit:[ Yahoo! Finance Daily Ticker ] or [ Parade Online ].

Retirement Age: Americans Think Theyall be Working Past 65

When asked what age they expect to retire, more than a quarter of respondents (28 percent) said theyad finish up at age 66 to 70; only 15 percent think theyall actually retire at 65.

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66a"70

28%

a

60a"64

20%

a

65

15%

a

Younger than 60

13%

a

Older than 76

13%

Career Rewind: Most Americans Would Choose a Different Career

If respondents could do it all over again, a whopping 59% say they would NOT choose the same career they work in now.

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New career

59%

a

Same career

41%

Inside the Workplace:

Better workspace or commute?

a

Workspace

62%

a

Commute

38%

5 percent raise or two weeks vacation?

a

5 percent raise

56%

a

More vacation

44%

Would you be friends with your colleagues if you didn't work with them?

a

Yes

51%

a

No

49%

The Safety Net:53 percent of American Workers Have Three Months of Savings a or Less

It seems that American workers may not be saving their hard-earned money. If those employed lost their jobs tomorrow, 27 percent of respondents say theyad have no savings to tide them over. Twenty-six percent have only 1 to 3 months of savings.

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I have no savings

27%

a

1a"3 months

26%

a

4a"6 months

15%

a

More than 2 years

13%

How To Get Ahead: Americans Think They Get Ahead at Work by Playing Internal Politics

More than half (51 percent) of respondents say workers get ahead because of internal politics, while 27 percent believe it is hard work and initiative that move them forward. Cynicism seems to grow over the course of a career, with 45 percent of respondentas ages 18 to 24 noting hard work as the greatest means of getting ahead in their careers; only 28 percent said internal politics.

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Internal politics

51%

a

Hard work

27%

a

Initiative

18%

a

Creativity

4%

About the Survey:

Yahoo! Finance and PARADE's recent Job Happiness Survey was conducted online April through June 2012 among a sample of more than 26,000 respondents.

About Yahoo!

Yahoo! is focused on creating deeply personal digital experiences that keep more than half a billion people connected to what matters most to them, across devices and around the globe. Yahoo!as unique combination of Science + Art + Scale connects advertisers to the consumers who build their businesses. Yahoo! is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit the pressroom ([ pressroom.yahoo.net ]) or the company's blog, Yodel Anecdotal ([ yodel.yahoo.com ]). Yahoo! is the trademark and/or registered trademark of Yahoo! Inc.

About PARADE

PARADE, the most widely read magazine in America, has a circulation of 33 million through its distribution in more than 640 of the nationas finest newspapers, and a readership of 63 million each week. Its content is carried on 500 newspaper websitesa"the single most trusted and most visited source of local news and informationa"and reaches an online audience of 50 million. Each Sunday in PARADE and every day at Parade.com, our mission is to connect emotionally with Americans about the issues they care most about and move them to action. For more, visit [ http://www.parade.com ].

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