SmartPulse — our weekly reader poll in Smartbrief on Workforce — tracks feedback from leading managers and HR practitioners. We run the poll question each Wednesday in our e-newsletter and feature analysis from SmartBrief on Workforce Senior Editor Mary Ellen Slayter on this blog.
Last week’s poll question: What is the most important factor in getting promoted?
- Networking, 33%
- Work ethic, 32%
- Experience, 24%
- Brains, 10%
- Education, 0%
Y’all take that old adage of “it’s who you know, not what you know,” quite seriously, don’t you? I agree that networking is important, but I’m shocked that education ranked so low, with only one person picking it as most important. (The percentages are rounded.) In part, that’s because education has played a critical role in my own career trajectory — my master’s degree in journalism lead directly to a promotion (and significant raise) at my last job.
Did these results surprise you? (read more…)
Think HR is stressful? Hey, at least you don’t have to run into any burning buildings. Firefighter ranks as the most demanding job, followed by surgeon and senior corporate executive. “While police officers ranked higher for the physical demands of their jobs, their average workweek and stress scores were considerably lower than that of a surgeon or a senior corporate executive,” according to this article.
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Image credit, John M. Setzler Jr., via iStock.com (read more…)
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