What your pet says about your career...

[btldreef]

(CareerBuilder.com) -- Job searches can eventually feel endless and thankless. Just reading news about job searches and the economy is enough to bring down your mood. Sometimes it's nice to have a fun distraction, such as the adorable puppy pictured above.

To help lighten the often sullen mood of workplace news, a recent CareerBuilder survey asked workers what pets they have at home, how much they earn, and what their level of job satisfaction is.

Here's what the survey found:
• Dog owners are more likely to have a senior management position (think CEO, CFO, or VP)
• Workers who own snakes or reptiles are the most likely group to earn six-figure salaries
• Workers who keep birds report the most job satisfaction.
Here are the other correlations found between pet owners and their occupations:
Bird owners: Advertising positions, sales representatives, construction workers, administrative professionals
Cat owners: Physicians, real estate agents, science and medical lab technicians, machine operators, personal caretakers
Dog owners: Professors, nurses, IT professionals, military professionals, entertainers
Fish owners: HR, financial professionals, hotel and leisure workers, farming, fishing and forestry professionals, transportation workers
Snake and reptile owners: Engineers, social workers, marketing and PR professionals, editors, writers, police officers
Does this sound right to you? Does your four-legged (or gilled or cold-blooded) friend match up with your work history?

 

[burrito]

i farm lol and go fishing :3

 

[flower]

LOL...I have a parrot, 2 dogs and Saltwater fish. I have owned for many years cats, snakes, an rodents.
So I suppose that means I am master of none. Which would be true since I am manual labor.

 

[meowzer]

LOL...I have 3 cats, 2 dogs, SW and FW fish....In the past I have had birds, and hamsters, guinea pigs (are they rodents?) LOL, rabbits,chickens, turtles,
AND A PIG ONCE....LOL...I called it Pork-Chop

So does that mean I can do anything

 

[flower]

Quote:
Originally Posted by meowzer http:///forum/thread/382341/what-your-pet-says-about-your-career#post_3336249
LOL...I have 3 cats, 2 dogs, SW and FW fish....In the past I have had birds, and hamsters, guinea pigs (are they rodents? YES) LOL, rabbits,chickens, turtles,
AND A PIG ONCE....LOL...I called it Pork-Chop

So does that mean I can do anything

I also have had chickens, turtles and a pet pig named Snorky...so you are also a Jack of all trades master of none...LOL

 

[dmanatee]

wow, one survey where I actually fall into. Most of the time these surveys put me in the north 40 of weird. I am an Engineer and as my display picture shows, I own a chameleon (Kenya the Jackson chameleon) and Red eyed tree frogs (amphibians) along with a dog and lots of fish.

But then again I just love animals and I worked at a pet store for far too long going though college, where you tend to accumulate things.

 

[al&burke]

I have 2 dogs, lots of fish, horse, rabbit, chickens, lizard, and I have been looking into finches. Work for an engineering company, some sales. Interesting.

 

[btldreef]

We have more saltwater fish than we know what to do with, a Bearded dragon (lizard) and a dog. In the past we've owned rabbits, more lizards and snakes, a cat and chickens.
Hubby is a performance mechanic and tattoo artist and I'm work with special needs children and perform flute/saxophone/oboe, as well as teach them.
So I guess it sort of fits?
Just found the article interesting.

 

[ironeagle2006]

Lets see here Cats Fish Birds Turtles and in the Past. Dogs Turantulas Snake til my mother found out. Frog Ferrtts and others. Wife is in Healthcare I was an OTR Driver til I devolped Epilepsy.

 

[jstdv8]

I have a labrador, parakeet, king snake, rabbit, guinie pig, a tank full of fish and 3 year old human boy. What does that get me for a career?