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41% of Senior Executives Say "No" to Heavy Business Travel
New York — September 19, 2006, 2006 — In a recent poll of 239 senior executives around the world, 41% stated that they are less willing to take a new job that involves heavy business travel, compared with 5 years ago.
The poll was conducted from September 8 to 12 by BlueSteps.com. BlueSteps.com, is the career management service of the Association of Executive Search Consultants, the worldwide association for the retained executive search industry.
Respondents were asked: "Compared with 5 years ago, are you more or less willing to take a new job that involves heavy business travel?"
Forty-one percent said they were less willing, and 80% of those less willing cited interference with work-life balance as the reason why. Thirty-two percent said there was no difference between now and 5 years ago, and 28% said they were more willing.
Comments included: "Terrorism is a factor, but also the time it takes to travel when there are so many good electronic alternatives", "The biggest issue is the time loss to and from airports"" and "Travel is a pain."
The geographical makeup of respondents was:
54% from North America
27% from Europe
6% from Asia/Pacific
8% from Latin America
About BlueSteps.com
BlueSteps.com is the largest online global community of senior executives and the only career management service providing executives continual exposure to the world’s top search firms. As an exclusive service of the Association of Executive Search Consultants, BlueSteps.com enables executives to efficiently and confidentially remain accessible to all member firms of the AESC, the worldwide professional association for the retained executive search industry. For more information, go to www.bluesteps.com
About The Association of Executive Search Consultants
The Association of Executive Search Consultants is the worldwide professional association for the retained executive search industry. The AESC's mission is to promote the highest professional standards in retained executive search consulting, broaden public understanding of the executive search process, and serve as an advocate for the interests of its member firms. For more information, or to download the AESC Code of Ethics and Professional Practice Guidelines, go to www.aesc.org.