Want to guess what ranks highest for employee importance aside from title and salary? According to more than 3,900 full-time employees nationwide, it’s a flexible schedule.

After that, employees surveyed by CareerBuilder recently indicated it’s the ability to make a difference, followed by the ability to work from home, academic reimbursement, having an office and company car. Read more

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If you don’t have presents but do have an office job, you may be among the 30 percent of workers from a recent survey who revealed they plan to shop online during the work day prior to Christmas.

CareerBuilder’s new survey indicates this statistic specifically applies to shopping online after December 7. In addition, more women than men have shopped online during employment hours compared to men at 43 percent and 36 percent, respectively. Read more

If you’re feeling a bit bold and considering putting down a fake reference on a job application, we have one two words of advice: Think again.

According to a new CareerBuilder survey, almost three out of 10 employers caught a fake reference on a job application!  Read more

If you’ve been known to drop the F-bomb once in a while at the office, you may want to reconsider your choice of words.

In a new study, CareerBuilder reveals 64 percent of employers think less of an employee who repeatedly swears. In addition, 57 percent are less likely to promote someone who curses in the office. Questions are raised about professionalism, lack of control and maturity, along with a lack of intelligence.  Read more

As the presidential election gets closer and closer, your friends here at MediaJobsDaily need to issue a fun little reminder.

That is, don’t talk politics at work.

According to a CareerBuilder survey, it may be hard to refrain. After all, more than one-third of employees surveyed indicated they talk red and blue states and one in five who have gone political at work ended up having a fight or heated argument. Read more

Are you in the habit of sending thank-you notes after a job interview? In case you didn’t already know, here’s more evidence that it’s a practice worth keeping up with. A new CareerBuilder survey found that 22 percent of hiring managers say they’re less likely to hire a candidate if they don’t get a thank-you after the interview.

Don’t worry about stocking up on fountain pens and fancy stationery, though — almost 90 percent of hiring managers say an email is acceptable, and for half, email is even preferred.

The CareerBuilder survey contains some other useful tips for job seekers. For example, most hiring managers would rather see a career summary than an objective, and a bulleted list of accomplishments is also preferred.

Also, a job seeker’s window for consideration is frighteningly brief, so keep those resumes clean and crisp. “One-in-five hiring managers say they spend 30 seconds or less looking at a resume, so all your communications need to be professional and to the point,” said Rosemary Haefner, vice president of human resources for CareerBuilder.

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A third of employers are open to negotiating salary raises for their employees in 2011, a survey from CareerBuilder finds. And if you’re changing jobs, the news is even better: half of employers will listen to negotiation requests from new hires in the coming year.

“While it is undoubtedly an employer’s market, many recognize the added responsibility workers have had to shoulder without the added pay,” Rosemary Haefner, Vice President of Human Resources at CareerBuilder, said in a statement.

The best ways, companies said, to secure that raise are to highlight specific results you achieved, ask for what you want instead of something vague, and be prepared with a history of your performance reviews.

Of course none of this will help if your company’s frozen salaries.