72% of sales workers open to job switch

Percentage of sales workers who are either actively seeking or would be open to a new job if they came across one, according to a study conducted by CareerBuilder.com: 72

Source: CareerBuilder.com.

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Average tuition, room and board (for in-state students) at the nation's four-year public colleges and universities for an entire academic year (2005-06), according to the U.S. Census Bureau: $13,425

Average tuition, room and board at the nation's four-year private colleges and universities for one academic year (2005-06): $36,510

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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Percentage of administrative professionals who believe that trivial e-mail messages (spam) waste their time, according to a survey by Quill Corp.: 56

Percentage who feel that e-mail adds pressure to the job since it creates expectations that an instant response is required: 35

Percentage of administrative professionals who indicated that their work is disrupted at least once a week when their company's computer equipment/IT experiences problems: 41

Source: Quill Corp.

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Estimated total value of all U.S. back-to-school spending for 2007, according to a study conducted by BIGresearch: $18.4 billion

Total value of back-to-school spending per U.S. family: $563.49

Rank of clothing and accessories among the largest spending categories: 1

Source: BIGresearch

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Percentage of U.S. adults who say they would not give up dining out in order to save more money each month for retirement, according to a study conducted by ShareBuilder: 31

Percentage who say they would not give up travel: 18

Percentage who say they would not give up clothing purchases: 17