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1. People with Bachelors degrees earn an average of ___ more income in their lifetime than non-college graduates.
A. 98%
B. 75%
C. 45%
D. 35%
2. People with Masters degrees earn ___ more in their lifetime than non-college graduates.
A. 170%
B. 120%
C. 75%
D. 50%
3. ___ of people surveyed would move from their current employer to a company that is more environmentally friendly.
A. 35%
B. 25%
C. 5%
D. 1%
4. ___ of respondents plan to seek jobs with shorter commuting times.
A. 50%
B. 32%
C. 15%
D. 9%
5. Fortune 500 companies with the highest percentage of ___ on their boards saw equity returns 53 percent higher than companies with the fewest number of ___ on their boards.
A. Millionaires
B. Women
C. Lawyers
D. Investment bankers
6. Nearly ___ of workers ages 18 to 34 say they have been subjected to age discrimination.
A. 70%
B. 25%
C. 10%
D. 3%
7. ___ of respondents claim to have “witnessed or experienced” ageism but didn’t report it out of fear they would be viewed as troublemakers.
A. 93%
B. 57%
C. 25%
D. 10%
8. ___ of U.S. employees say their organizations have used e-mail, instead of face-to-face meetings, to notify people about layoffs and firing.
A. 45%
B. 10%
C. 5%
D. 1%
9. Two-thirds of employers of college grads said they paid those who had internship experience about ___ more than those who didn’t.
A. 21%
B. 9%
C. 4%
D. 1%
10. ___ Americans will leave some of their vacation - an average of three days -on the table.
A. 52.1 Million
B. 13 Million
C. 3.7 Million
D. 1.1 Million
-Sources include U.S. Department of Commerce, Workforce Management, and NACE
ANSWERS:
1.) A 2.) A 3.) C 4.) D 5.) B
6.) B 7.) A 8.) B 9.) B 10.) A