Getting a Leg Up

(MONEY Magazine) – If you thought the job market was getting less cutthroat lately, consider this:

• 55% of Americans would stay at their job even if their pay were cut 25%.

• 93% of professional coaches are hired by individuals, not employers.

• 57% of workers in the U.S. would keep working if they won the lottery.

And 48% of us say we would dress more revealingly to double our pay. Just so you know what you're up against.

SOURCES: Marlin Company, International Coach Federation, Are You Normal About Money? by Bernice Kanner.