Sentences with phrase «percent said jobs»

Asked about the most important issue for them in considering this fall's election for governor, 28 percent said jobs, 21 percent taxes, 20 percent education and 17 percent said corruption.

New Yorkers approve of the on - time budget, 47 - 31, with 31 percent saying the governor is most responsible for getting it done, while 57 percent said the job was equally shared by the governor and the Legislature.

Twenty - one percent say jobs and the economy, 14 percent say affordable housing, 13 percent say crime and 10 percent say police / community relations.

A recent national survey reported that 69 percent of principals indicated their responsibilities had changed in the past five years, and 75 percent said their job had become too complex, suggesting that the field of school leadership must evolve as the education landscape changes.122

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Now, she says, pretty much all the jobs she does are contracted for at least $ 1 million, and she shoots for profit margins between 25 and 38 percent.

Much has been said about the possible impact of automation: A Forrester study estimates that 6 percent of jobs will be replaced by robots within four years; others say half the world's jobs will be gone by 2035.

A Forrester study puts the number at 6 percent of jobs by 2021; others say nearly half of all jobs will be gone by 2035.

Eighty percent of those polled say it's more important to have access to the cheaper legal advice that A.I. might offer than to preserve the jobs of lawyers.

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.»

Two percent of U.S. job - holders, or about 2.8 million workers, left their jobs under their own volition in September, the Labor Department said.

In addition, 29 percent of job seekers believe the application process should take 10 minutes or less, with 62 percent saying it should take 20 minutes at the most.

If growing unemployment was not enough, a decline in labor market participation was also on the rise, the ILO said, a warning borne out by the latest U.S. jobs data from December which showed that the labor force participation rate tumbled to 62.8 percent, its worst level since January 1978.

A Goldman Sachs spokesman, Andrew Williams, said showing it to people above that age range would have wasted money: roughly 25 percent of those who typically click on the firm's untargeted ads are 65 or older, but people that age almost never apply for the analyst job.

«There is just less fear from people who feel like they might lose their jobs... Our shoppers seem more confident than they did a year ago,» said Reed, 63, whose chain of four stores clocked a roughly 10 percent jump in sales from Thanksgiving to this week, compared to the year before.

Methodical and even - keeled, Keflezighi says 90 percent of his job is the work he does to get ready to run — core training, cross training, stretching, massage, nutrition, recovery.

A recent survey by the Society for Human Resource Management found that 60 percent of employers asked said they run credit checks on at least some job applicants.

A recent study conducted by Glassdoor found that among employees who said they are thinking of leaving their current job, 45 percent (a plurality) cited salary as the single biggest motivating factor for leaving their current company.

Seventy - one percent said that they derive a sense of self - worth from family and close friends as opposed to their jobs.

For example, one recent study showed that almost 60 percent of people surveyed said they wanted to change jobs, but of that number, almost half didn't know what their next chapter should be!

Specifically, 91 percent say that the last time they changed the scope of their job, they had to leave their company to do so.

For example, 76 percent of self - employed Americans say our work has a positive impact on our self - worth, compared with 67 percent of those with jobs.

School reputation and fit was a deciding factor for another 20 percent, while 19 percent said they landed at their school because they believed it would lead to a good job or career.

A tentative deal between the company and leaders of striking unions includes 1,400 new jobs and pay raises topping 10 percent, the company and unions representing about 40,000 workers said on Monday.

It surveyed more than 10,500 workers who had changed jobs and found that 59 percent of respondents said they'd moved to pursue better opportunities and a stronger career path.

When it comes to deciding what jobs are the best fit for them, the survey results showed that 82 percent of millennials said work - life balance is a big factor, 76 percent said salary plays a major role, and 71 percent said work flexibility is key.

Evidence: The TINYpulse 2015 Employee Engagement & Organizational Culture Report found that 24 percent of the 4,000 employees surveyed said their productivity suffered from not having the tools they needed to do their jobs.

A University of Phoenix School of Business survey released last month revealed that Americans in general are work - oriented, with 89 percent of us saying that at least some of our self - worth comes from our job or career.

In a 2015 North American workforce report by Learnkit, 89 percent of the 421 employees surveyed said they felt it was important that their employers support their learning and development, and 53 percent acknowledged that they would like their jobs more had they had better training.

Remote work continues to trend upward, with 2014 posting a 26 percent increase in open remote job postings over 2013 and 83 percent of hiring managers say telecommuting will be «more prevalent in the next five years.»

«Our calculations have revealed that the 92 firms in our sample had median job growth during this period of negative 0.74 percent, compared to the 6 percent job - growth rate of U.S. private sector firms as a whole,» said the report.

In fact, 65 percent of millennials say that the opportunity for personal development is the most important factor in their current job.

According to Bentley University's Women in Business survey, 57 percent of corporate recruiters say women are better job candidates than men.

Fifty - four percent of the class of 2014 said, in a new survey, that when job hunting, the opportunity for career advancement was more important than compensation.

Ninety - six percent of those surveyed said they are given the resources and equipment to do their jobs.

One classic study, outlined in the book Getting a Job, showed that among the 282 men surveyed, 56 percent had found their jobs through personal contacts, whereas only 19 percent had found theirs through job advertisements and 10 percent through applications of their own initiative,» says the poJob, showed that among the 282 men surveyed, 56 percent had found their jobs through personal contacts, whereas only 19 percent had found theirs through job advertisements and 10 percent through applications of their own initiative,» says the pojob advertisements and 10 percent through applications of their own initiative,» says the post.

«There is room to grow here, and export jobs here have been shown to create many middle class jobs with wage premiums that pay a wage of 20 percent higher than other jobs,» Kessler says.

Wall Street accounted for less than 5 percent of local jobs but 20 percent of private sector wages in the city, the report said.

The bank says it will boost its branch network by nearly 8 percent as it opens in new markets and adds jobs.

Fifty - nine percent now say they disapprove of the job the president is doing.

And make no mistake, if 38 percent of those who hire are saying the candidates before them have bad attitudes, are showing up to interviews late, or are not even physically presentable, then any blame falls on those trying to get jobs, not those giving them.

One study says that 47 percent of U.S. jobs could potentially be replaced by automation over the next 20 years.

A plurality of 48 percent say the steel and aluminum tariffs that the president will implement will result in fewer U.S. jobs overall, with 35 percent seeing no effect on employment.

The 2017 State of the American Workplace Report from Gallup showed that 53 percent of employees say it's «very important» to have a job that allows them greater work - life balance and personal well - being.

«Ninety percent of the job is finance, but 10 % is the ability to say, «That's tough,»» von Tobel says.

«We expect the economy will continue to perform well, with the job market strengthening further and inflation rising to 2 percent over the next couple of years,» Fed Chair Janet Yellen said.

He defended Trump's decision to set levies of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum, a move that rocked financial markets and which critics say threatens U.S. jobs and ignites the possibility of a global trade war.

Forty percent of American workers say their job is very or extremely stressful, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Forty percent of American workers say their job is very or extremely stressful, according to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

A whopping 40 percent of American workers say their jobs are very or extremely stressful, according to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

According to the Millennial Impact report, 39 percent of millennials surveyed said that a company's volunteer policy affects their decision to apply and 55 percent said it affects their decision to take the job.