uExpress.com: Figuratively Speaking by John MacIntyre -- (10/01/2006)

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10/01/2006

Percentage of executives who prefer to wear business casual attire at the office, according to a national "Fashion in the Workplace" survey for executives conducted by TheLadders.com: 78

Percentage of executives who said that employees who are dressed casually are perceived to be creative: 36

Percentage who said that employees who are dressed casually run the risk of being taken less seriously: 49

Source: TheLadders.com. Contact Gina Stikes at (646) 453-1807 or e-mail gstikes@theladders.com.

Percentage of U.S. employees who are never or seldom asked for advice on solving a problem at work, according to a survey conducted by CO2 Partners: 33

Percentage of female respondents who said that they are never or seldom asked for advice at work: 35

Percentage of male respondents who said that they are never or seldom asked for advice at work: 31

Source: CO2 Partners. Contact Shari Fryer at (970) 846-6607 or e-mail shari@fryerassociates.com.

Number of Americans who voluntarily quit their job every month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics: 2.6 million

Percentage of employed Americans who will have voluntarily quit their job in 2006, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics: 24

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics-JOLTS. Contact Media Info at (202) 691-5870 or e-mail JOLTSInfo@bls.gov.

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Percentage of organizations experiencing a security incident over the past 12 months that reported public embarrassment, loss of trust/confidence and damage to reputation, according to a security survey of 642 large North American organizations by CA: 25

Percentage that reported losses in revenue, customers or other tangible assets: 20

Source: CA, Inc. Contact Jennifer Menard at (508) 628-8415 or e-mail jennifer.menard@ca.com.

Percentage of managers who consider themselves to be excellent or good bosses, according to a survey of workers by Hudson: 93

Percentage of employees who rate their boss favorably: 67

Source: Hudson. Contact Sarah Kafenstok at (312) 795-4202 or e-mail sarah.kafenstok@hudson.com.

Average age for an unincorporated small business owner, according to a study by Experian: 51

Average age for an incorporated small business owner: 48.6

Source: Experian -- Business to Business Unit. Contact Roslyn Whitehurst at (714) 830-5578 or e-mail roslyn.whitehurst@experian.com.

Rank of Intel, Sears Roebuck and Co., and Hewlett-Packard as the Fortune 100 companies providing the best customer online experience, according to a survey by the Customer Respect Group: 1, 2, 3

Source: Customer Respect Group Inc. Contact Terry Golesworthey at (978) 380-6128 or e-mail at terry@customerrespect.com.

Percentage of the direct cost base of $44 billion in the U.S. mortgage industry that is accounted for by labor expense (largely loan origination and servicing processes), according to the Tower Group: 50

Dollar value of labor costs associated with the mortgage industry that was moved offshore in 2005: $462 million

Expected annual growth rate in the use of offshore labor in the mortgage industry through 2010: 21

Source: TowerGroup. Contact Jorge Lavina at (212) 455-8041 or email jlavina@cooperkatz.com.

Percentage of U.S. adults today who turn to the Internet to get advice and information about legal matters, according to a survey commissioned by lawyers.com: 27

Percentage who relied on the internet in 2000: 10

Source: lawyers.com. Contact Leah Schmerl at (212) 221-1713 or e-mail leahs@kaplowpr.com.

Percentage of U.S. teenagers aged 10 to 18 who send most of their text messages from home, according to online wireless retailer LetsTalk: 63

Source: Let's Talk. Contact Bret Clement at (303) 462-3057 or e-mail bret@pageonepr.com.

IDLE THOUGHT

"Once you commit yourself to doing what you want to do, then the universe gets very friendly." -- Warren Paton, toymaker

(Readers can contact John MacIntyre at johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca.)