Top 25 Cities
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or to simply start dreaming about where you need to move. U.S. workers get an average of
13
allotted vacation days a year, the fewest in
the world. Italians get the most:
42
SOURCE: Positively
Broadband/Winston GroupU.S. small businesses are expected to spend
more than
$50
BILLION
this year on human resource-related
services.
SOURCE: Access Markets
International Partners Inc. 92%
of workers say the ability to telecommute would
influence their decision to take a new job.
SOURCE:
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In a recent survey,
41%
of workers admitted to having sex at
work.
SOURCE:
Elle.com 20%
said they had sex during work hours with a
co-worker.
SOURCE: MSNBC.com
survey 7.3
MILLION
U.S. workers have more than one job.
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics Employee philanthropy raises
almost
$10
billion a year in the United States.
SOURCE:
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| BY THE
NUMBERS | | Four criteria are used to rank the
cities: entrepreneurial
activity (based on the number of businesses 5 years old
or younger), small-business
growth (based on the number of businesses with fewer
than 20 employees that had significant employment growth from
January 2001 to January 2002), economic
growth (change in job growth over a three-year period
through January 2002), and risk
(bankruptcy rates). |
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