Saint Louis Job News & Opportunities St. Louis Front Page is a weekly news publication, with daily updates, spotlighting attractions, events, business and hospitality in St. Louis, Missouri and Southwest Illinois. St. Louis News Community Info St. Louis Job News St. Louis CitySide Business News St. Charles News Southwest, IL News Fairview Heights,IL Art Gallery News Hotel News Restaurant News Style St. Louis Not Just For Kids   Downtown Map America's Center Busch Stadium Gateway Arch Scottrade Center Laclede's Landing Old Courthouse Union Station Washington Avenue   Metropolitan Map Casinos Clayton, MO Grand Center Grant's Farm Forest Park Kimmswick, MO MO Botanical Garden Soulard St. Charles, MO West Port Plaza Transportation Lambert Airport How To Reach Us: St. Louis Front Page P.O. Box 1354 St. Louis, MO 63188 Voice: 314-771-0200 Fax: 314-771-0300 To submit news, contact: editor@slfp.com To advertise, contact: advertising@slfp.com Nearly Half of Workers Have Misjudged an Employer's Culture ST. LOUIS, MO, (SLFP.com), May 27, 2007 - Everyone wants a job that suits his or her work style and personality, but a new survey shows it's no easy task -- for job seekers or employers. Nearly half (46 percent) of administrative professionals said they have, at one time or another, misread a work environment. Similarly, 59 percent of human resource (HR) managers polled admitted having misjudged someone's fit for a role. The vast majority (85 percent) of these managers also said their companies have lost an employee because he or she was not suited to the firm's work environment. The survey was developed by OfficeTeam, a leading staffing service specializing in the placement of highly skilled administrative professionals, in collaboration with the International Association of Administrative Professionals and HR.com. More than 300 administrative professionals and 400 HR managers took part in the study. The findings appear in Fitting In, Standing Out and Building Remarkable Work Teams, a resource guide produced for administrative professionals and managers. Diane Domeyer, executive director of OfficeTeam, pointed out that the interview is a prime opportunity for job seekers to assess whether the organization is a fit, and vice versa. "The interview is a two-way street," she said. "Employers are looking for clues to an applicant's work ethic and personality, and job seekers want to learn more about the company culture." To help job applicants and hiring managers make the right match, OfficeTeam suggests asking the following questions during the employment interview. Job Seekers -- What is it like to work at your company? -- What skills and attributes are needed to be successful in this role? -- What characteristics does your company value most in its employees? -- How do you define success at your company? -- How is good performance measured and rewarded? Hiring Managers -- What type of work environment brings out your best performance? -- What type of work environment are you least likely to thrive in? -- What did you like best/least about your last job and why? -- Considering your greatest accomplishments in previous roles, what were the factors that allowed you to be successful? Archived: Environment - More Than Jobs - Occupying Minds of Today's College-Bound Students Business Executives Underestimate Link Between Workforce Quality and Preschool Education Focus on Preventing Youth Injuries in the Workplace $47 Million Competition for YouthBuild Grants Announced OSHA Launches Youth Job Safety Campaign Census Bureau Provides Free Online Tools to Help Jobseekers More Workers Express Concern about Economy Majority of Adults are Involved in Relationships with Income Disparities Employment Outlook Survey Finds Hint of Restraint in U.S. Hiring Plans People of Similar Income and Education Gravitate Toward Same Neighborhoods People of Similar Income and Education Gravitate Toward Same Neighborhoods Can Workers Recover From Unexpected Layoffs? Chronic Pain Up Almost 40 Percent Among U.S. Workers in Past Decade Package Yourself to Get Your Dream Job Most Women Aren't 'Opting Out' of the Work Force Comprehensive Personality Testing May Help Land the Right Job in a Hot Job Market One-in-Five Workers to Change Jobs in the New Year    The Saint Louis Front Page is owned and maintained by the Moore Design Group for the sole purpose of disseminating news and information about the Metropolitan Saint Louis area. Text or graphics may not be copied, rewritten or distributed in any manner whatsoever without written permission. For more information, contact editor@slfp.com All rights reserved world wide © 1996 - 2008 Moore Design Group.