Posted on: Sunday, March 16, 2008
For some, divorce brings a few other changes
Compiled by John MacIntyre
Percentage of divorced Americans who report losing weight during or right after a divorce, according to a study by www.divorce360.com: 36
Percentage who changed jobs or got a new job: 33
Percentage who bought a car: 30
Percentage who bought furniture: 28
SLEEP TAKES BACK SEAT
Average number of hours that Americans are putting in at work each day, according to NSF's 2008 Sleep in America poll: 9.5
Estimated number of hours of additional work they do at home: 4.5
Percentage of those surveyed who say they only get a good night's sleep a few nights per month: 32
FILLING POSITIONS
Percentage of open positions in 2007 that were filled by internal movement, according to CareerXroads Annual Sources of Hire Study: 30
Percentage of all external hires that were made based on referrals: 28.7
Percentage of external hires that were attributed to job boards: 25.7
Percentage of hires that were made from traditional print sources: 5
FEMALE ASPIRATIONS
Percentage of female middle managers who aspire to senior level positions, according to a Hudson research study: 77
Estimated percentage of women who ever achieve that goal: 25
HIGH-PRICED DWELLINGS
Ranks of London, New York and Moscow as the world's most expensive cities for residential apartment buyers, according a survey by the Global Property Guide: 1, 2, 3
Cost range per square meter of residential apartments in Prime Central London (includes Belgravia, Chelsea, Mayfair, Notting Hill, Knightsbridge, Regent's Park, South Kensington, St. John's Wood and St. James): $21,800 to $36,200
Cost range per square meter of residential apartments in Upper Manhattan: $13,270 to $22,923
ONLINE SHOPPING BOOM
Estimated percentage of the world's online population that has used the Internet to make a purchase, according to Nielsen Global Online Survey on Internet shopping habits: 85
Number of people this represents: 875 million
Percentage increase in the market for online shopping in the past two years: 40
E-MAIL SNOOPS
Percentage of U.S. males who say they have snooped on someone else's e-mail, according to a survey conducted by Google: 21
Percentage of women who say the same: 27
LOYAL BABY BOOMERS
Percentage of executives who said the CEOs of their organizations are very or completely willing to embrace strategies necessary to attract, assess and retain new generations of employees, according to a survey conducted by Stanton Chase International and Birkman International: 55
Rank of baby boomers as the most stable and loyal workforce in history with average employee tenure of 15 years in 1980 and 10 years in 2000: 1
In 2000, average tenure for Generation X (born 1965-1977): 5 years
IDLE THOUGHT
"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams."
— John Barrymore
Readers can contact John MacIntyre at johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca.
