What's It Like Out There? "Real World" Stats

1. People with Bachelors degrees earn an average of ___ more income in their lifetime than non-college graduates.

A. 98% B. 75% C. 45% D. 35%

2. People with Masters degrees earn ___ more in their lifetime than non-college graduates.

A. 170% B. 120% C. 75% D. 50%

3. ___ of people surveyed would move from their current employer to a company that is more environmentally friendly.

A. 35% B. 25% C. 5% D. 1%

4. ___ of respondents plan to seek jobs with shorter commuting times.

A. 50% B. 32% C. 15% D. 9%

5. Fortune 500 companies with the highest percentage of ___ on their boards saw equity returns 53 percent higher than companies with the fewest number of ___ on their boards.

A. Millionaires B. Women C. Lawyers D. Investment bankers

6. Nearly ___ of workers ages 18 to 34 say they have been subjected to age discrimination.

A. 70% B. 25% C. 10% D. 3%

7. ___ of respondents claim to have "witnessed or experienced" ageism but didn't report it out of fear they would be viewed as troublemakers.

A. 93% B. 57% C. 25% D. 10%

8. ___ of U.S. employees say their organizations have used e-mail, instead of face-to-face meetings, to notify people about layoffs and firing.

A. 45% B. 10% C. 5% D. 1%

9. Two-thirds of employers of college grads said they paid those who had internship experience about ___ more than those who didn't.

A. 21% B. 9% C. 4% D. 1%

10. ___ Americans will leave some of their vacation - an average of three days -on the table.

A. 52.1 Million B. 13 Million C. 3.7 Million D. 1.1 Million

-Sources include U.S. Department of Commerce, Workforce Management and NACE

ANSWERS:

1.) A 2.) A 3.) C 4.) D 5.) B

6.) B 7.) A 8.) B 9.) B 10.) A

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