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RESULTS EYE OPENING

Many in jobs by chance, poll says

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A majority of American workers are doing what they do for such reasons as simple chance or lack of choice, while just 41 percent hold jobs that they had planned, a poll indicates.

The results, released yesterday, show "that many people are trapped at less than they could do," said Sharon Danann, research director at a Cleveland-based group called 9 to 5, National Association of Working Women. The survey of 1,350 people was conducted in October by the Gallup Organization for the National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee, a panel Congress created to make better use of job information. The poll, which asked a variety of job-related questions, had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Other findings showed that:
About half of Americans say job stress affects their health, personal relationships or their ability to do their job.
Nearly one-third of the work force expects to change jobs within the next three years.
Sixty-five percent said that given a chance to start over, they would try to get more information about career options.

While 41 percent of the employed respondents consciously chose their job or career, 18 percent got started in their present job through chance circumstances, 12 percent took the only job available and the rest were influenced by friends or relatives.

"There's a real dilemma. The labor market isn't matching up well with what people are trained to do and what they want to do," said Jim Green, a labor historian at the University of Massachusetts. He said the results may indicate that many people view their jobs as "necessary evils".

Green and Ms. Danann said part of the reason people are in jobs they never planned is because most new jobs being created are in the service industry.

Juliette Lester, executive director of the committee that had the poll conducted, said those results demonstrate the need for government and job counselors to improve the way they educate the public about career options.

"The people who are most in need are not getting it," she said, noting that only 21 percent of those without a high school diploma had planned their jobs and 25 percent of that group had taken the only jobs they could find.

In a separate finding, 25 percent of employed adults who responded said job stress or pressure had interfered with their off-the-job relationships, 20 percent said it had affected their physical health and 20 percent said it had affected their ability to do their job.

But responding to the same question, 48 percent reported little or no job stress over the past year. The totals exceeded 100 percent because of multiple responses.

Ms. Danann said more Americans probably suffer from job-related stress than admit it.

"There's lots of people who probably don't realize that's what it is, that their job is full of interruptions, or that they have multiple bosses telling them it's priority work, and that it's driving them nuts," she said.

The poll also showed that 40 percent said higher pay would give them an incentive to accomplish more at work while 31 percent cited more recognition. Other incentives included additional training, chance for advancement and more control over their job.

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