Posted on: Sunday, September 28, 2008
Want lots of job offers? Become a doctor
Compiled by John MacIntyre
Percentage of newly minted physicians who said they received 10 or more job solicitations during their training, according to a survey conducted by Merritt, Hawkins and Associates: 94
Percentage who said they had received 26 or more solicitations: 80
Percentage who said they had received more than 50 job solicitations: 40
Percentage who said they had received more than 100 job solicitations: 6
RISKY CELEBS
Ranks of Brad Pitt and Justin Timberlake as the most dangerous men to seek on the Internet, according to McAfee's list of celebrity names that produce the largest number of risky sites when searched for on the Web: 1, 2
Percentage chance that fans searching for "Brad Pitt," "Brad Pitt downloads," and Brad Pitt wallpaper, screen savers and pictures have of infecting their PCs with online threats such as spyware, spam, phishing, adware, viruses and other malware: 18
NOT ENOUGH TEACHERS
Estimated number of teaching vacancies that will become available over the next decade, based on projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics: 1.5 million
Percentage of college-educated Americans ages 24 to 60 who would consider becoming a teacher, according to a national survey for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation: 42
GENDER DIFFERENCES
Ranks of sex (29 percent), nothing (22 percent) and money (21 percent) as the topics men selected that couples should talk about more, according to a nationwide survey from www.TRUE.com: 1, 2, 3
Ranks of money (33 percent), nothing (29 percent), marriage (16 percent) and sex (15 percent) as the topics women selected that couples should talk about more: 1, 2, 3, 4
THE SOUR ECONOMY
Percentage of employees over the age of 18 who said they are worried about finding a new job if they lose their current one, according to "America at Work," a national poll conducted by the Employment Law Alliance: 51
Percentage who are troubled by the increasing cost to workers of employer-sponsored health care plans: 45
HOW THEY PICK 'EM
Percentage of finance and human resources managers who said that bringing in a candidate temporarily provides the most insight into that person's future job performance, according to a survey developed by Accountemps: 38
Percentage who described the in-person interview as their most valuable hiring tool: 38
Percentage who cited the reference check: 17
Percentage who relied on the resume and cover letter: 6
IDLE THOUGHT
"You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements."
Norman Douglas, novelist
