Percentage of executives who said they would disregard a job candidate if they found a typo or bad grammar in the candidate's resume, according to a survey conducted by the Futurestep division of Korn Ferry: 10
Percentage who said they would keep the candidate in the pool, but with reservations: 46
Percentage of executives who said the most important information on a resume is the candidate's experience that is relevant to the position: 83
Percentage of respondents who said short tenure or "job hopping" matters to some or a great extent: 87
Source: Korn/Ferry International.
Percentage of workers who said they have regrets about leaving their former job, according to a survey from staffing firm Accountemps: 23
Percentage who said they regret leaving friends and colleagues: 28
Percentage who said they departed for the wrong reasons: 27
Percentage who said they regret having to say goodbye to a great boss or mentor: 20
Source: Accountemps.
Percentage of people (48 percent of males and 39 percent of females) who said they had participated in an interracial sexual relationship, according to a survey by adamandeve.com: 42
Percentage of respondents (70 percent of females and 58 percent of males) who said they feel there is still a stigma associated with interracial relationships: 64
Percentage of respondents who said they were open to dating outside their race: 79
Source: Adam & Eve.
Percentage of U.S. workers who are living paycheck-to-paycheck to make ends meet -- up from 75 percent last year -- according to CareerBuilder research: 78
Percentage of all workers who say they're in debt -- up from 68 percent last year: 71
Percentage who say their debt is manageable: 46
Percentage of those in debt who say they feel they will always be in debt: 56
Source: CareerBuilder.com.
Of the five most valuable college majors, number that are engineering degrees, according to a report from TheCashlorette.com: 4
Rank of petroleum engineering, boasting the highest median income ($134,840.88) and an elite 2.38 percent unemployment rate (13th overall), on the list of the most valuable majors: 1
Ranks of pharmaceutical sciences/administration, geological/geophysical engineering, mining/mineral engineering and naval architecture/marine engineering on the list: 2, 3, 4, 5
Ranks of clinical psychology, miscellaneous fine arts, composition/rhetoric, human services/community organization, and studio arts on the list of the least valuable college majors: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Of the top-10 bachelor's degrees, number that are STEM majors: 10
Source: Bankrate.com.
Percentage of all fatal car crashes -- totaling 6,400 deaths each year -- that are attributed to a drowsy driver, according to a study by the National Safety Council: 21
Percentage of Americans who work high-risk hours, at least occasionally: 41
Percentage who have trouble remembering things at work because of fatigue: 39
Percentage who commute 30 minutes or more, exacerbating the chances of falling asleep behind the wheel: 31
Source: National Safety Council.
After getting through back-to-school season, percentage of parents who will enjoy using free time to go shopping for themselves, according to a survey by RetailMeNot and Kelton Global: 44
Percentage who will go to lunch with their friends: 43
While their kids hit the books, percentage of parents who will utilize their free time by exercising: 35
Source: RetailMeNot.com.
Percentage of HR professionals who are fully confident in their employer's overall ability to effectively assess the skills of entry-level applicants, including dependability and reliability, integrity, respect and teamwork, according to a survey by SHRM/Mercer: 20
Percentage of HR professionals who have little or no confidence in the application and resume reviews used for screening entry-level job candidates: 50
Source: Mercer.
Average amount that teenagers will contribute toward back-to-school costs this year -- up from last year's $32.90 -- according to a survey by the National Retail Federation: $37.64
Average amount that pre-teens will contribute, up from last years $20.08: $27.09
Source: NRF.
Starting price for a full pass to the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament, according to WalletHub: $2,125
Total purse for the U.S. Open: $46.3 million
Year that the U.S. Open became the first major to pay men's and women's champions equally (this year, the winner's share is $3.5 million): 1973
Source: WalletHub.
Idle Thought
"Literature encourages tolerance -- bigots and fanatics seldom have any use for the arts, because they're so preoccupied with their beliefs and actions that they can't see them also as possibilities." -- Northrop Frye, writer and critic
(Readers can contact John MacIntyre at johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca.)