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College Student Job Term Expectations Match Actual Executive Tenure

What do college students have in common with senior-level executives? No, not an affinity for Facebook. They are both committing to short stays in their jobs.

Published on: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Comments (0) Category: Human Capital, Managing,

Posted by: Robyn Greenspan

The majority of the 247 college students surveyed by Right Management expect to remain with their first employers for fewer than three years, while ExecuNet-surveyed senior executives are actually staying in their jobs for around the same length of time.

According to Right’s survey:

Reasons for Executive Dissatisfaction, Ranked by Age Group

One age group is more concerned about money than the others.

Published on: Thursday, October 11, 2007 Comments (0) Category: Human Capital, Managing,

Posted by: Robyn Greenspan

ExecuNet’s surveys frequently find compensation fairly low on the list of reasons executives are dissatisfied at work, but age analysis indicates money is of the greatest importance to executives over 61-years-old, and job security only appears on the top five concerns for executives above the age of 51.