Connections and useful acquaintances are needed for state officials, those involved in consumer services, restaurant and hotel business.
MOSCOW, April 14, 2011. Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) and HeadHunter Company present the data describing the role of connections and backstage influence in making career. VCIOM has studied the public opinion, and the HeadHunter Company was focused on the attitudes of representatives of different professional areas.
The main factors for a successful career for 37% of Russians are professional training, 32% - hardworking and patience, and 25% - prestigious education. However, 24% believe that no successful career is possible without the right connections.
There is no career without connections in such spheres as consumer services (52%), law (49%) and health care (49%). On the contrary, connections are least important for those involved in IT sector (17%), FMCG (22%) and education (27%).
Useful connections helped 24% of Russians make their career. In most of the cases people get good job (68%), get promotion (9%) or avoid firing (8%) through connections.
Those who used connections more than others are workers of diversified companies (73%), consumer services` companies (71%), restaurant and hotel business (65%), mass media (63%) and automobile industry (59%).
The higher the position of respondents is, the more useful the connections are: 47% of respondents working in communications sphere and 54% of top managers benefited from connections. Connections are useful for 64% of state and municipal workers and totally useless for unqualified personnel.
Fifty four percent of Russians recognize to have used connections for career because there did not have any way out. Most of those who did so are retail workers 64%), mining and mineral processing (52%) and health care (46%) workers. Twenty seven percent believe that there is no point wasting time if there is someone who can help you. Those who share this stance are basically poeple working in restaurant and hotel business (46%) and IT sector (39%).
People do not use connections because they do not have them (50%). They are mainly people working in real estate and construction sector (64%). 23% of Russians do not want to feel obliged: they are mostly FMCG employees (56%) and restaurant and hotel business workers (45%). The share of respondents who did not use connections because they knew they could find a job by themselves is 18%. They are basically health care workers (35%) and diversified companies` employees (33%).
Generally Russians approve of using connections to find a job - 68% think it is normal. Most of those who think so are workers of transport and logistics sphere (40%), automobile industry and business services (38% for each). One-fifth of Russians (20%) believe that connections should not be used to build career.
The initiative Russian opinion polls were conducted on 12-13 March, 2011. 1600 respondents were interviewed at 138 sampling points in 46 regions of Russia. The margin oferror does not exceed 3.4%.
HeadHunter online poll was conducted on 14-22 March, 2011 among 3163 residents of Russia.
Is there anything that you cannot make successful career without? (close-ended question, not more than three answers, % of those who work or do not work temporarily) | |
Quality professional training | 37 |
Hardworking and patience | 32 |
Prestigious education | 25 |
Connections and useful acquaintances | 24 |
Skills to build relationships with others | 18 |
Constant retraining (additional education) | 16 |
Hard to tell | 11 |
Ability to sell yourself | 8 |
Attractive appearance and personal charm | 5 |
Informal relationship with directors and colleagues | 5 |
Flattering bosses | 4 |
Other | 4 |
Risky and perspective projects | 3 |
Intrigues | 1 |
Did connections help you in building your career? (VCIOM poll, close-ended question, % of those who work or do not work temporarily) | |
Yes | 24 |
No | 71 |
Hard to tell | 6 |
Have connections helped you in building your career? (HeadHunter poll, close-ended question, one answer, %, line) | |||
| Yes | No | Hard to tell |
Diversified company | 73 | 19 | 8 |
Public services | 71 | 26 | 2 |
Restaurant and hotel business | 65 | 30 | 5 |
Mass media | 63 | 27 | 10 |
Automobile industry | 59 | 36 | 5 |
Health care | 57 | 41 | 2 |
Raw material extracting and processing | 53 | 42 | 5 |
Real estate and construction | 52 | 39 | 9 |
Law | 51 | 39 | 10 |
Education, training | 50 | 46 | 4 |
FMCG | 49 | 49 | 3 |
Bulk sales | 49 | 46 | 6 |
Telecommunications | 49 | 44 | 7 |
Transport and logistics | 49 | 38 | 13 |
IT/Internet | 48 | 45 | 7 |
Marketing, advertising, branding | 48 | 44 | 8 |
Business services | 48 | 46 | 5 |
Production | 47 | 42 | 11 |
Banks, finance, insurance | 46 | 49 | 5 |
Personnel management | 42 | 54 | 4 |
Retail | 37 | 57 | 6 |
How exactly did connections help you? (VCIOM poll, close-ended question one answer, % of those who happened to use connections ) | |
I was hired | 68 |
I was promoted | 9 |
I escaped firing | 8 |
I got salary increase | 4 |
Other | 9 |
Hard to tell | 2 |
Why did you use connections? (VCIOM poll, close-ended question one answer, % of those who happened to use connections) | |
There was no way out; I could not achieve what I wanted without connections | 54 |
It is easier; no point wasting your time when someone can help you | 27 |
My qualifications did not match the job position | 10 |
Other | 6 |
Hard to tell | 3 |
Why didn`t you do so? (VCIOM poll, close-ended question ,one answer, % of those who did not happen to use connections, %, column) | |
I do not have connections | 50 |
I do not want to feel obliged | 23 |
I can build my career without connections | 18 |
Other | 2 |
Hard to tell | 7 |
Do you approve of using personal connections for building career? (VCIOM poll, close-ended question, one answer, %, column) | |
Yes, it is normal; if there is such possibility, you should use it | 41 |
It is normal if a specialist meet the job requirements | 27 |
It is not acceptable; everyone should have equal chances and achieve everything on his own | 20 |
Hard to tell | 12 |
Do you approve of using personal connections for building career? (Headhunter poll, close-ended question, one answer, %, line) | |||||
Professional sphere/answer | Yes, it is normal; if there is such possibility, you should use it | It is not acceptable; everyone must have equal chances and achieve everything on his own | It is normal if a specialist meet the job requirements | Hard to tell | Other |
FMCG | 26 | 21 | 47 | 5 | 0 |
IT/internet | 23 | 12 | 62 | 2 | 1 |
Automobile industry | 38 | 13 | 50 | 0 | 0 |
Banks, finance, insurance | 26 | 13 | 58 | 3 | 0 |
Raw materials extracting and processing | 20 | 20 | 60 | 0 | 0 |
Marketing, advertising, branding | 27 | 8 | 64 | 0 | 1 |
Heath care | 33 | 10 | 52 | 5 | 0 |
Diversified companies | 31 | 8 | 62 | 0 | 0 |
Education/training | 29 | 14 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
Bulk sales | 31 | 8 | 59 | 0 | 1 |
Production | 30 | 13 | 52 | 3 | 2 |
Restaurant and hotel business | 31 | 8 | 62 | 0 | 0 |
Retail | 21 | 7 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
Mass media | 33 | 11 | 50 | 6 | 0 |
Real estate and construction | 28 | 12 | 61 | 0 | 0 |
Telecommunications | 24 | 11 | 59 | 0 | 7 |
Transport and logistics | 40 | 6 | 49 | 4 | 0 |
Personnel management | 30 | 2 | 65 | 2 | 2 |
Business services | 38 | 3 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
Public services | 8 | 25 | 67 | 0 | 0 |
Law | 35 | 14 | 47 | 2 | 2 |
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