December 31, 2008 12:53 PM

Healthy, or just scared?
Posted by Jesse Nunesat 12:53 PM

Last week's weekly survey – which was actually the survey for the past 2 weeks (hey, we're on a holiday schedule here) – asked how much sick time readers have used in the past year.

While it is the season for rampant sickness (as I found out first hand about a week ago), it is also a time where pretty much everybody is afraid to lose their jobs. So our thinking was: does the dour economy make people less willing to take sick days, unless they absolutely have to? Here is a look at the results:

As you can see, our readership must be filled with an abnormally high ratio of genetic freaks who rarely, if ever, get sick. Of course, maybe our readers are just afraid to use a "mental health day" when it could mean the difference between keeping and losing a job. But the fact that more than 40 percent of respondants used only 1 to 3 sick days this year, and a whopping 26 percent used none, was pretty surprising, even in this economic climate.

Then again, maybe everyone's antibodies are all in working order. You wouldn't know if from the coughing coming from all corners of this office the past month, however.

For this week's survey, we abandon the look back to 2008, and set our gaze longingly to 2009. We ask you: What are your career resolutions for next year? Vote here.

And, if you need some help, or some ideas on how to turn a new leaf on your career tree, check out these 10 tips from Dave Sanford of Winter, Wyman Cos. on resolutions for the job seeker in 2009.

Happy New Year everyone.