Socializing with the Boss Seen as Good for Career Executive Survey Finds
Having dinner with the boss this holiday season? It could give your career a boost, according to a survey conducted by executive job search service TheLadders.com. According to the companys survey of 640 executives in the $100k+ job market, 55% believe that participating in social activities is good for their careers.
New York, NY (PRWEB) December 20, 2004 -- Having dinner with the boss this holiday season? It could give your career a boost, according to a survey conducted by executive job search service TheLadders.com. According to the companys survey of 640 executives in the $100k+ job market, 55% believe that participating in social activities is good for their careers.
Though it is common to hear about holiday party faux pas and alcohol-laced improprieties, very few of the executives surveyed felt it was better to avoid social contact with superiors. Only 8% of the surveys respondents said that participating in social activities with the boss is not worth the risk" and 10% said it is altogether unimportant." Twenty seven percent of respondents called fraternizing with superiors a necessity (they) would rather live without."
The survey of registered $100k+ executives was conducted on TheLadders.com Web site from November 8, 2004 through December 14, 2004. The margin of error is ±3.87%.
In a related survey of 584 executives, TheLadders.com asked about the types of social activities executives commonly participated in with their superiors. The most common response was dinner, which claimed 48% of the vote. Golf and sporting activities were second on the list with 25%. Eight percent have attended sporting events with their superiors and 3% have attended the theater. Seventeen percent said they have not engaged in any social activities with the boss. This survey was also conducted from November 8, 2004 through December 14, 2004, with a margin of error of ±4.05%.
Face time with your superiors is critical to career success," explained TheLadders.com founder and president, Marc Cenedella. While its more common to hear the 'dinner with the boss horror story, the vast majority of out-of-office experiences produce good results. Executives should really look at the office holiday party or dinner with the boss as an opportunity to cast themselves in a multi-dimensional light."
Now reaching over 207,000 readers and featuring over 3,000 new $100k+ job listings each week, TheLadders.com is the largest online job search service catering exclusively to the $100k+ market. Marc Cenedella founded TheLadders.com in July 2003 after a tenure as Senior Vice President, Finance & Operations, at HotJobs.com, ultimately shepherding that companys sale to Yahoo, Inc. (NASD: YHOO) in 2002. In May 2004 he was named Entrepreneur of the Year by award-winning marketing newsletter, MarketingSherpa, which cited TheLadders.coms unique business model as a key to its sustained growth.
About TheLadders.com, Inc.
Based in New York, TheLadders.com, Inc. is a privately held company offering online job search services to the $100k+ employment market. The company operates specialized job search Web sites for the sales (www.salesladder.com), marketing (www.mktgladder.com), finance (www.financeladder.com) and HR, legal and operations (www.upladder.com) industries, produces a series of industry-specific, weekly e-newsletters, and maintains the worlds first customer service blog (http://askmarc.salesladder.com/). The company also produces an electronic newsletter providing job market insights and data to executive recruiters (www.recruitladder.com). Backers of TheLadders.com include Matrix Partners and a group of private investors including the following individuals: Kevin Ryan, CEO, DoubleClick (NASD: DCLK) and Board Director, HotJobs.com; Tom Matlack, Megunticook Management; and Robert Chefitz, NJTC Venture Fund. More information on the company can be found online at www.theladders.com.
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