Employee benefits, courtesy of your government

Donald Rumsfeld said it best:

As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don’t know we don’t know.

And when it comes to job benefits, many people either know there’s something out there they’d like to have as a benefit, which they’re not getting at their current company. Like child care assistance, for example. I never worked at a company that offered it, but I knew of companies that did.

Or they don’t know it’s even possible to get a certain thing as a job benefit. I’m not talking about perks like free sodas and a company ping pong table. I’m talking about big things like adoption assistance. That’s a new one on me, and apparently it’s accessible to 11% of corporate employees nationwide.

At least, that’s what the National Compensation Survey:  Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2007 says. The results of this survey were released in August, and if you want to check it out, it’s a breezy 39-page, table-filled read in PDF right here.

The result of a penny or two of your tax dollars, this Bureau of Labor Statistics survey offers a comprehensive overview of one of the main drivers of employee satisfaction in our country. Considering that competition for qualified talent is heating up, the ball is in your court as a professional, executive, or manager to find the position that suits your needs right down to the ground.

Actually, that ball was in your court all along, but the Robert Half/Career Builder study linked in the previous paragraph just goes to show the odds of you getting what you want have improved over the past couple of years.

Check out this previous blog post for another list of potential benefits you could be getting, and as you polish your resume for your job search, don’t limit yourself to considering what the perfect job looks like – why not try to get closer to your perfect lifestyle?

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