The “Did You Know” Footnotes from 99 Motivators for College Success book

“Did You Know” Footnotes




Motivator #3 - Did You Know… The U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics has not attempted to estimate the number of times people change
careers in the course of their working lives. 
However, in September 2010, the Bureau found that from age 18 to age 44,
individuals held an average of 11 jobs. 
See www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsoy.pdf .




Motivator
#6 -
Did You Know… In a 2007 survey of
800 attorneys, only 55 percent reported being satisfied with their career.  “Pulse of the Legal Profession,” ABA Journal, by Stephanie Francis Ward
(October 1, 2007) http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/pulse_of_the_legal_profession .




Motivator
#15 - Did You Know… The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists
occupations with the largest job growth projected through the year 2018,
starting with registered nurse.  For the
complete list: http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_104.htm .




Motivator #22 -
Did You Know…
In 2011, the Federal Trade Commission approved the practice of employers
conducting social media background checks going back seven years for job
applicants.  See “Feds Okay Start-up That
Monitors Employees’ Internet and Social Media Footprints,” Forbes, by Kashmir Hill (June 15, 2011) http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/06/15/start-up-that-monitors-employees-internet-and-social-media-footprints-gets-gov-approval .




Motivator
#25 - Did You Know… While it is true that the founder of FedEx did
pitch his business plan in a college class, it is not true that the professor declared
the idea as “unworkable” or that the student received a “C” on the paper.  See http://www.snopes.com/business/origins/fedex.asp .




Motivator
#68 -
A National Institutes of Health study suggests
that the region of the brain that inhibits risky behavior is not fully formed
until age 25.  The “still-developing
brain areas govern judgment, decision-making and impulse control.”  See “Risky Business: Dealing with Your Teen’s
Behavior,” NIH News in Health newsletter (September 2011) http://newsinhealth.nih.gov/issue/sep2011/feature1 .




Motivator
#98 -
See the Mappiness Project at http://www.mappiness.org.uk .