Master's degree holders keen to switch jobs: online poll

The other three groups are those who assumed jobs after the global economic meltdown that started in late 2008, middle- or high-ranking managers, and operators/staff, according to the results of the survey released Friday by manpower agency 104 Job Bank.

The online recruiting firm found that more than 60 percent of the respondents from the groups indicated an interest in leaving their jobs.

Office workers were also keen on a change, with 59 percent intent on leaving their jobs because of low pay (50.2 percent), poor fringe benefits (43.8 percent), a slow promotion process (24.8 percent), the nature of the work (22.5 percent) or the company's poor prospects (22.5 percent).

Fang Kuang-wei, the public relations manager of the online recruiting firm, suggested that if businesses wanted to retain their people, they could start by raising pay, increasing fringe benefits and expediting promotions.

Office workers said, for example, that if they have performed better than average in a job, they should get a promotion in 2.3 years, compared with the actual waiting period of 3.5 years, Fang observed.

The online job bank conducted the survey Jan. 24-27 and collected 2,998 valid samples. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 1.7 percentage points.

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