Are We Slackers? What Motivates Employees [Infographic]

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slacking at work employee motivation

At 8.6 percent, the nation's unemployment rate remains stubbornly high. But the lack of jobs isn't keeping some workers from quitting their jobs in search of new ones -- or at least planning for eventual departure from their current employers.

Recent surveys have found that most employees would leave their current job if they could, and a near majority say that they're not engaged in their current work, according to findings by Taleo Corp., a maker of human-resource management software.

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