Employees Say They're Engaged to Their Jobs, But Question Whether They Have Found "The One"
DUBLIN, CA--(Marketwire - February 11, 2010) - With Valentine's Day just around the corner, Taleo (NASDAQ: TLEO), the leading provider of on-demand talent management solutions, offers a timely perspective on the level of job commitment among American workers.
Now in its third year, the Taleo Valentine's Day study* seeks to find out how much employees "love" their jobs. The survey polled more than 1,200 working Americans. When asked about their feelings of engagement at their job, 84% of respondents said they "enjoy," "feel important" or "like" what they do (a slight decrease from 86% in 2008 and 87% in 2009). In fact, 15% of the American workers surveyed say they love their jobs "enough to marry it," (on par with findings in 2009 and an increase from 9% in 2008).
Interestingly, however, about 1/3 of the workers polled (33% versus 40% in 2009) are open to looking for a new position. Additionally, 12% are actively pursuing new opportunities (versus 13% in 2009)
The Taleo survey also showed that other categories, such as industry, income, education, age and marital status, have significant influence on a person's level of engagement at the workplace. Additional findings show:
¤ Workers that are married are more likely to be highly engaged at work than those that are single (56% vs. 46%).
