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Number of suggestions Toyota employees made to management in 1983: 1,900,000
Number of suggestions Toyota employees made to management in 1983: 1,900,000
Average annual salary of a male Columbia University MBA after ten years on the job: $49,356
Average annual salary of a male Columbia University MBA after ten years on the job: $49,356
Of a female Columbia University MBA: $40,022
Of a female Columbia University MBA: $40,022
Number of people who have applied for the job of executioner in New Jersey: 50
Number of people who have applied for the job of executioner in New Jersey: 50
Number of Americans who quit their jobs each workday: 50,000
Number of Americans who quit their jobs each workday: 50,000
New jobs that were created in 1983: 3,800,000
New jobs that were created in 1983: 3,800,000
Estimated number of new secretarial jobs that will be created by 1990: 700000
Estimated number of new secretarial jobs that will be created by 1990: 700000
Computer-programming jobs: 112,000
Computer-programming jobs: 112,000
Cost to consumers of “protecting” one job in the automobile industry via import restrictions: $85,400
Cost to consumers of “protecting” one job in the automobile industry via import restrictions: $85,400
Portion of on-the-job fatalities among retail workers that are homicides: 1/3
Portion of on-the-job fatalities among retail workers that are homicides: 1/3
Percentage of Americans who say they would not accept a job if a lie-detector test was required: 55
Percentage of Americans who say they would not accept a job if a lie-detector test was required: 55
Jobs created by every billion dollars of U.S. government defense spending: 21,000
Jobs created by every billion dollars of U.S. government defense spending: 21,000
By every billion dollars of U.S. government nondefense spending: 25,000
By every billion dollars of U.S. government nondefense spending: 25,000
Percentage of Americans who say they are dissatisfied with their jobs: 25
Percentage of Americans who say they are dissatisfied with their jobs: 25
Percentage of Americans who invent a job or a college degree for their resumes: 10
Percentage of Americans who invent a job or a college degree for their resumes: 10
Estimated number of defense-industry jobs that would be lost in the event of a nuclear freeze: 250,000
Estimated number of defense-industry jobs that would be lost in the event of a nuclear freeze: 250,000
Number of U.S. government employees who have authority to classify documents: 2,491,555
Number of U.S. government employees who have authority to classify documents: 2,491,555
U.S. Government Accounting Office/U.S. General Services Administration
Average number of Health and Human Services Department employees it takes to answer a letter to the secretary: 55
Average number of Health and Human Services Department employees it takes to answer a letter to the secretary: 55
The Grace Commission Report (U.S. Government Printing Office)
Number of manufacturing jobs New England has gained since 1982: 64,650
Number of manufacturing jobs New England has gained since 1982: 64,650
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Number of U.S. firms that offered employees child-care benefits in 1978: 115
Number of U.S. firms that offered employees child-care benefits in 1978: 115
The Conference Board (New York City)
In 1984: 1,850
In 1984: 1,850
The Conference Board (New York City)
Total annual expenditures of U.S. corporations on employee-education programs: $60,000,000,000
Total annual expenditures of U.S. corporations on employee-education programs: $60,000,000,000
Center for Public Resources (New York City)
Total annual expenditure of U.S. four-year public and private colleges and universities: $60,000,000,000
Total annual expenditure of U.S. four-year public and private colleges and universities: $60,000,000,000
Corporate Classrooms, by Nell Eurich, for The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Princeton. N.J.)
Percentage of black high-school graduates under 25 who are unemployed: 26.8
Percentage of black high-school graduates under 25 who are unemployed: 26.8
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Percentage of white high-school dropouts under 25 who are unemployed: 26.2
Percentage of white high-school dropouts under 25 who are unemployed: 26.2
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Scientists created crash helmets that stink when cracked and fruit flies to whom blue light smells delicious.
