According to Grad School Hub, 40 percent
of those surveyed admitted to lying on their résumés and job applications, while 78 percent said their résumés are «misleading.»
In a survey of two thousand research psychologists conducted in 2011, over half
of those surveyed admitted outright to selectively reporting those experiments which gave the result they were after.
A recent study found that as many as 77 %
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Almost half (48 %)
of those surveyed admitted they had lied about themselves online, with many misrepresenting their weight, physical appearance and interests.
Forty percent
of those surveyed admitted to lying to family and friends about having met their dates online.
Quite a few
of those surveyed admitted they only give good reviews, further skewing the average.
On average, UK consumers take on # 370 of debt each month, with 33 %
of those surveyed admitting to having financial worries on a daily basis.
Exactly half of graduates feel that starting salaries are not at all in line with the cost of living, regardless of geographical variances in living costs and the proof is in the pudding with 49 %
of those surveyed admitting to living with parents during their first graduate job, just to sustain themselves until they get their first pay rise.
One in twenty
of those surveyed admitted that family meals are lucky to last five minutes before everyone runs off to do their own thing.
Not exact matches
Over half
of the senior management
survey participants
admitted to saving emails, files and company materials, and taking this information with them to a new position at a different company.
In its annual Wasting Time at Work
Survey, Salary.com reported that 89 percent
of respondents
admitted that they waste time at work each day.
This was evidenced by a 2016
survey that found that almost half
of small business owners are unsure whether they are marketing effectively — with 14 %
admitting that they aren't doing enough.
Our research revealed that 61 percent
of executives
surveyed admitted their sales managers had not been adequately trained in pipeline - management strategies and techniques.
Yes, the study is from Hewlett Packard, but still the results are eye - opening: Nearly every small business
surveyed (93 percent)
admitted they tried to save money instead
of buying what they really wanted.
More than half
of those
surveyed — 57 percent —
admitted to calling in sick when they weren't sick.
No surprise then that almost 4 in 10
of the millennials
surveyed by Fidelity
admit to worrying at least once a week about their financial future.
According to a recent
survey by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, about 20 %
of Americans had stopped using the site while more than 60 %
admitted to taking breaks
of a week or more from it.
Which is why most companies
surveyed admitted that the opinion
of employees with regard to the corporate security software installed on their personal devices has little or no influence on their decisions, even as three quarters
of employees believe they should have some say.
According to a 2014 Glassdoor
survey, three out
of five employees
admit to doing work while on vacation.
However, on the back
of recent
survey work by Credit Karma, which reported 59 %
of 2,000 people questioned regarding crypto - related profits
admitting they hadn't declared them for tax purposes, it does seem to indicate a desire to keep gains made in Bitcoin et al to themselves.
Yet, seven out
of 10 workers
surveyed admit they could put a little more money away, even if it's just $ 25 a week.
In a recent
survey, 39 %
of male managers
admitted to employing a female candidate based on their level
of attractiveness and 57 % said they gave preferential treatment to attractive employees.
More than half
of British women
admit to flirting with men to get their own way, with a fifth saying they do so at work (according to a
survey investigating gender bias and positive discrimination commissioned by comparison website confused.com, which polled 2,000 people).
For a dedicated announcer
of faith, the results shown in the
survey are really very consoling; it awakens in me, I'll
admit, even a bit
of envy.
One in four South African men questioned in a
survey said they had raped someone, and nearly half
of them
admitted more than one attack.
That is, the data used in the study suspiciously match another data set entirely; the prestigious gay - rights research institute at the grad student's university says it did not fund any
survey effort as he claimed it did; the student
admits to having no such funding and to not having paid
survey respondents as he claimed; the private firm allegedly employed to collect
survey data says it has never heard
of him or his study.
The «true believers» are like Mercedes or I - pooed owners who give high marks in owner satisfaction
surveys... because they can't
admit they believed a bunch
of hype.
An anonymous nationwide
survey in the US showed 35 - 40 %
of pastors
admit to an ongoing struggle with online porn, but none will come clean out
of fear they'll lose their job.
The
survey said that 60 %
of Americans
admitted that they're tempted to worry too much or procrastinate; 55 % said they're tempted to overeat, and 41 % said they're tempted by sloth, or laziness.
The
survey of 1,200 men found that around 10 % bottle up feelings
of isolation, preferring not to
admit their loneliness and around 35 % said being lonely made them feel depressed.
A
survey released this month by the Pew Research Center found that a quarter
of American adults
admit to being less likely to vote for a Mormon candidate for president.
Back in 2015, a
survey commissioned by ITV revealed that 12 per cent
of parents
of primary school aged children
admitted to having pretended to practice a faith in which they did not believe to get their child into a desirable faith school.
According to the Guangzhou - based newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily, in its
survey titled «Healthy Lifestyle and Consumption White Paper», 38.2 %
of respondents
admitted to buying counterfeit Baijiu products, while 32.1 %
admitted to buying fake wine, two
of the highest among all the
surveyed categories that covered beer, imported spirits, dairy products, soft drinks and baby milk formula.
More often than I'd like to
admit, I left a cartful
of groceries in the middle
of the aisle to run out to the car, or ducked into a bedroom, or
surveyed a building upon arrival to find a hidden place to nurse, or lugged around an extra 15 lbs
of bottles, pumped milk and ice, or made my crying, hungry child wait for a bottle to warm.
Varying
surveys of both private and public high school students showed from 80 to 90 percent
admitting to some form
of cheating during the school year, from copying another student's work to cheating on a test.
Many more might cheat if they knew they wouldn't get busted; fewer than 2 percent
of women said they'd be» very likely» to cheat on their partner (and in this
survey, just 5 percent
of women
admitted to having cheated) while more than 5 percent
of men would be «very likely» (and in this
survey, fewer than 3 percent
of men
admitted to straying).
I bet even some
of the moms taking that
survey didn't even want to
admit to themselves that perhaps that was their reality.
Second, over 60 %
of women
admit to co-sleeping in the same bed with their babies on
surveys.
For fear
of being judged, nearly half
of mums asked
admitted to denying they sleep with their babies when asked by a GP, a new
survey has found.
Half
of surveyed parents say that their child doesn't eat enough vegetables, 70 %
admit that their child eats too much junk food, and most parents feel that their child doesn't eat a well - balanced diet.
There is a «shy voter» theory whereby a portion
of voters who are reluctant to
admit their preferences will instead give socially desirable answers in election
surveys and focus groups before voting another way.
Surveys find that nearly a third
of drivers that drink
admit to driving when over the legal alcohol limit, which equates to just over 10 million people.
Matt Wanning, a longtime aide to Catsimatidis,
admitted to the Observer he sent out the
survey and confirmed the recipient's description
of the questions.
The
survey, part
of the independent Hansard Society's annual audit
of political engagement, revealed only 42 %
of the public will readily
admit to having an interest in politics and only 48 % said they would definitely vote if election were held tomorrow.
According to a recent
survey by AT&T, 97 percent
of teens across the country are aware that texting while driving can be dangerous, yet 43 percent
admitted doing it.
However, an RAC
survey points to far weaker compliance, with 45 per cent
of drivers
admitting to texting while driving.
HealthPartners Research Foundation and the University
of Minnesota
surveyed several thousand scientists funded by the National Institutes
of Health, and a third
of the respondents anonymously
admitted to one
of 10 serious ethical lapses, such as fabricating data or plagiarizing.
In a 2012
survey of 1390 US veterans who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan, one - third
admitted committing an act
of aggression during the previous year.
The
survey is small, but it does suggest there is something rotten in the state
of stem cells: a worrying number
of respondents
admitted knowing about fraud or unethical behaviour.
In national
surveys, 48 percent
of Americans say they have tried it, and 6.5 percent
of high school seniors
admit to daily use.