Linkedin the world’s largest professional network with more than 150 million members worldwide, earlier this week released data about global professionals’ perceptions of the role ‘Lady Luck’ has played in their business and/or career trajectory.
LinkedIn surveyed more than 7,000 professionals globally and found that 84 percent of professionals do believe in career luck. Forty-eight percent consider themselves to have better career luck when compared to other professionals.
Globally, the top five most important factors that contribute to luck are:
1. Having strong communications skills
2. Being flexible
3. Having a strong work ethic
4. Acting on opportunities
5. Having a strong network.
The number one most important factor that many professionals attribute to luck is, “strong work ethic,” which seventy percent of respondents selected.