世論 What Japan Thinks

Thinking about your New Year Resolutions? This recent ranking survey from goo Ranking into what people wish they’d put more effort into this year might give you a hint or two.

Demographics

On the 19th of November 2009 1,166 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 59.9% of the sample were female, 13.4% in their teens, 20.6% in their twenties, 28.2% in their thirties, 23.2% in their forties, 8.3% in their fifties, and 6.3% aged sixty or older.

I think last year I did pretty well with networking outside the company by putting more effort into LinkedIn, but internal networking could be improved, but given the average corporate drone in the office, the motivation is just not there!

Ranking result

Q: What should you ought to have put more effort into this year at work? (Sample size=1,166)

Rank		Score
1	Networking outside of the company	100
2	Getting work-related qualifications	95.5
3	Studying about the industry I work in	90.3
4	Keeping things neat and tidy	87.0
5	Getting computing qualifications, improving computer skill	80.5
6	Strengthen general knowledge (following news, etc)	72.7
7	Networking inside of the company	70.1
8	Improving communication skills	64.9
9	Specialising in a particular field	58.4
10	Thorough schedule management	55.2
11	Foreign language qualifications, improvement	51.9
12=	Effective execution of routine paperwork, other menial tasks	40.9
12=	Improving business manners	40.9
12=	Improving presentation skills	40.9
15=	Doing things five minutes before (not procrastinating)	37.7
15=	Improving planning ability	37.7
17	Taking my paid holidays	32.5
18	Improving crisis management skills	30.5
19	Taking a long holiday	29.2
20	Improving market analysis skills	25.3