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Ø According to one recent survey, 7 of 10 working Americans would change jobs tomorrow if wishing would make it so.

Ø Over 90% of involuntary job terminations are due, not to lack of ability, but to personality issues.

Ø Of the three best statistical predictors of job success, two – work ethic and resilience – are attitudes, not aptitudes.

Ø There are only five major ways in which normal people differ from one another. These same five dimensions are the major predictors of job satisfaction.

Ø Professional assessment can make the difference between a “hand to glove” fit between an employee and a set of tasks… or a “square peg in a round hole”.

Ø One of every four American households has been directly touched by the downsizing revolution.

Ø A twentysomething individual entering the world of work for the first time this year can expect 9 to 13 job changes, including 3 to 5 radical career shifts, in a working lifetime.

Ø Perhaps fewer than 1 in 10 job seekers know how to identify a reasonable job target and market themselves optimally to achieve that objective.

Ø Outplacement services provide a humane, cost-effective way to help downsized employees navigate their job transition situation… while preserving your company’s reputation and minimizing legal exposure.

Ø Some 90% of all human knowledge has been acquired since 1960, and 90% of that since 1985.

Ø Many experts believe we are evolving toward a two-tiered economy divided into “symbolic analysts” (those who use complex technical information on the job) and “subsistence workers” (those who do not).

Ø With the advent of the Information Age, the importance of purely formal credentials is diminishing as we move to a “classroom without walls”.

Ø Any kindergartener today with a mouse and a modem can become an overnight expert about matters that only a few Ph.D. candidates had access two decades ago.

Ø Continuing education tailored to the specific needs and demands of the workplace is a must if you and your employees are to remain cutting-edge in a world of exponentially increasing change.

THE MORAL? Yesterday’s tools aren’t much use in solving tomorrow’s problems!

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