Don't Change Your God Job!

According to a poll conducted late last year of some 1,400 North American workers, 84 percent intend to look for a new position in 2011.

Catherine, a registered nurse, was unhappy with her job, so she submitted her resignation. She was sure she'd have no trouble finding a new position because of the nursing shortage in her area.

She then e-mailed cover letters to dozens of potential employers and attached her resume to each one. Two weeks later, Catherine was dismayed and bewildered that she had not received even one request for an interview. Finally, she received a message from a prospective employer who explained the reason she hadn't heard from anyone else. It read, "Your resume was not attached as stated. I do, however, want to thank you for the vegetable lasagna recipe."

Her blunder aside, Catherine, with her wish to leave one job and find a new one, is apparently typical of a majority of people in America's workforce. According to a poll conducted late last year of some 1,400 North American workers, 84 percent intend to look for a new position in 2011.

That number seems surprising for a couple of reasons. The first ...