Career & Jobs Infographics

It’s hard to be successful without a smile. Whether you’ve won a marathon or your company is leading the industry, if you’re at the top of your game, chances are you’re feeling pretty good about yourself. But does success lead to happiness, or the other way around?

75% of the world’s population doesn’t speak English. The UK Job Market is more competitive than ever. This infographic highlights the most popular languages to learn in 2014 plus the languages you should learn to boost your employability and career prospects.

Here Accounting-Degree.org provides us a brief history of retirement in the U.S including state and local government pensions and social security. The infographic looks at countries with strongest pension programs (based on 2013 pensions, both public and private) with the U.S. ranking #11. Can we learn anything from Australia?

Did you know that there are over 13 million Americans unemployed right now? How about 4 out of every 5 American adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty, or reliance on welfare for at least part of their lives? Even more alarming, it’s projected that by 2030, close to 85% of all working-age adults in the U.S. will experience bouts of economic insecurity.

Here is an infographic from the folks at CIPHR.com about how much you can further your career when you utilize social media, specifically hashtags, Twitter and Facebook.

One of the most overlooked aspects to the US economy are the nearly 3.5 million men and women that call themselves truck drivers. Across the nation, truck drivers are working long hours and managing grueling schedules to ensure that deliveries are made on time.

You want to work your dream job. You can’t do that, unless you learn how to be an intern. This infographic is a guide on how you can do that.

In this infographic find out how your firm’s performance stacks up against its industry peers. Gain insight on recruiter compensation by role (e.g. “recruiter,” “VP,” “owner”) and size of firm, revenue performance year over year, average hit rate and number of candidates per job post by firm type and more.

The construction industry is struggling to fill well-paid jobs, while half of recent college graduates are underemployed. Is it time to shed our national bias against getting our hands dirty? Are construction careers better than corporate carriers? BigRentz.com explores these questions in the following infographic.

If you believe breaking into the tech industry would mean pulling an Ethan Hunt a la “Mission Impossible,” you may be surprised at how easy it may be. Whether you’re an internship candidate or an entry-level job hunter, tech is where the opportunities are lying.