{"id":3224,"date":"2018-02-06T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=3224"},"modified":"2018-02-06T02:54:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T02:54:49","slug":"why-you-shouldnt-be-afraid-to-be-persistent-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/why-you-shouldnt-be-afraid-to-be-persistent-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Be Persistent at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

No one wants to be seen as pushy at work — but if you’re looking to get ahead,\u00a0it pays to be persistent.<\/p>\n

When asked what soft skill has helped them most in their career, 32% of people said \u201cpersistence,\u201d according to the latest reading of an ongoing query<\/a> by Comparably. The next most popular response was \u201clikability\u201d (26%), followed by \u201chumility\u201d and \u201clogic\u201d (tied at 15%). The least popular response overall was empathy (12%).<\/p>\n

More than 5,000 people across the tech industry responded to the query.<\/p>\n

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\u2014\u00a0Men vs. women:<\/b>\u00a0The most marked difference in the responses of men and women was that women chose \u201cempathy\u201d much more than men (14% women vs. 9% men). Men, on the other hand, chose \u201clogic\u201d more than women (17% men vs. 13% women).<\/p>\n

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\u2014\u00a0By ethnicity:\u00a0<\/b>People across all ethnicities ranked these skills in the same order; however, 23% of African Americans chose \u201chumility,\u201d making it close behind \u201cpersistence\u201d at 29% and \u201clikability\u201d at 27%. Humility, on average, was chosen by 15% of people.<\/p>\n

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African Americans<\/p>\n

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