A new survey suggests that you lighten up a little for job interviews and in the workplace.
Accountemps (“the world’s first and largest specialized staffing service for temporary accounting, finance and bookkeeping professionals”) conducted the survey. It revealed that 79 percent of chief financial officers (not notorious for being laugh riots) said an employee’s sense of humor is important for fitting into the company’s corporate culture.
Twenty-two percent of CFOs said a employee’s sense of humor was very important “in him or her fitting into your company’s corporate culture.” Another 57 percent said it was “somewhat important.” Twenty percent said it wasn’t important at all.
As a prospective employee, maybe you should ask the CFO is he or she values a sense of humor. Could make a difference. As one of the Buffetts—Jimmy, I think—said, “If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.”