In a recent study from the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, US workers spend one third of their time at work on a computer. The researchers divided workers into five categories with regard to technology.
Technophiles use computers every day for almost all applications.
Power users use the Internet frequently for multiple applications although they are unlikely to engage in online banking or shopping. Members of both of the first two groups are more likely to work for large companies, have high incomes and advanced levels of education. Digital Exiles do not have Internet access at home or at work and no one in this group had used a computer in the month prior to the survey. Only 18 percent of Exiles say computers have changed their lives for the better. Almost 30 percent of people in this group work in service industries, while 27 percent are professionals and 8 percent are employed in manufacturing.