More than 80 percent say that receiving training that increases their skills and abilities is a key component of what they are really looking for in their jobs. The 2001 Randstad North American Employee Review was conducted by telephone and online. And nearly six in 10 respondents to the survey said they'd like to have an employer offer career planning. Randstad is putting a lot of its emphasis on some age-related results gleaned from its survey. Eighty-one percent of survey respondents aged 55 and older indicated that they're interested in trying new things.
Men are more likely than women to perceive they have a career.
Older workers more than younger workers. College graduates more than people who did not attend college. Executives more than white-collar workers. And their group was particularly high on the independence-trust point, some 90 percent of those asked saying they see success as being trusted to get a job done.