laura@hoptoad.uucp (Laura Creighton) (02/23/86)
Well, nobdoy has sent me anything in a week. I'm assuming that I am not going to hear any more about this. A total of 23 people responded, 14 were managers, 8 were recent graduates and 1 was ambiguous. 10 of the managers unequivocably said that taking a year off would not count against hiring someone. One of these mentioned that the industry average length of employment is 3 years, and so that to hire someone looking for ``company loyalty'' is foolishness. 7 of these managers reported that they had taken some time off to travel, either between jobs or after university. One manager wanted to quit his job and travel. 3 managers said that it would be a definite plus for a perspective employee to have travelled, and that all other things being equal they would hire the more well travelled employee. 2 managers said that it would count against hiring someone to some extent. One said that it would depend on whether or not he thought the new employee would be likely to leave in the near future, but that that woudl be determined at an interview. And one said that they would out and out not hire someone for this reason. 1 recent graduate velieves that he was not hired for this reason. 7 recent graduates were hired despite having taken a year off. 7 managers (as reported above) also were hired despite having taken a year off. The ambiguous reply was the single word: No! I can't rememebr whether I phrased the question ``would you hire'' or ``would you refuse to hire'' so I don't know how to tabulate this one. Thanks to all who responded. -- Laura Creighton ihnp4!hoptoad!laura laura@lll-crg.arpa