An online poll concludes that roughly six in 10 employees want to find a second job.
By Garry Kranz Comments 0 | Recommend 0
Making Ends Meet: Nearly 60 percent of U.S. workers are aggressively seeking
a second job, according to an online poll conducted by Express Employment
Professionals in Oklahoma City. Of the 1,428 people who participated, 41 percent
say they need additional work to buy Christmas presents, while 18 percent hope
to get their foot in the door at another company. More than one-quarter (27
percent) say they are out of work.
Financial worries animate most people’s pursuit of a second job, but that’s a
switch from a similar poll that Express Employment Professionals carried out in
November 2007. The earlier research found that the main reason people wanted a
second job was to hook on with another company in hopes of eventually being
hired full time (35 percent).
Workforce Management contributing editor Garry Kranz is based in Richmond, Virginia. E-mail editors@workforce.com to comment.
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