People With These First Names Have The Most Professional Success, According To A New Report

Have you ever wondered if your punishment is helping you successful life — aliases holding you back?

A caller study from Resume.io analyzed overmuch than 3,000 LinkedIn profiles to find retired what, if any, powerfulness a person's first punishment has connected making it successful patient leadership. And it turns retired that immoderate names look overmuch often successful charismatic roles than others.

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The study looked astatine nan names of group successful top-level executive positions successful nan U.S., from CEOs to managers, connected LinkedIn and recovered that John is nan "most successful punishment successful nan business world." Michael took No. 2, followed by David astatine No. 3.

Robert and Mark rounded retired nan apical 5 successful number of appearances. People named John had nan astir CEO positions, while Michael dominated CFO roles. David, meanwhile, was a celebrated punishment for managers.

Only 1 female punishment made nan apical 10 database (Jennifer), which took nan No. 6 spot. Only one-third of nan profiles Resume.io analyzed were women.

Amanda Augustine, a certified occupation coach and maestro astatine Resume.io, said nan study "highlights a long-standing inclination successful patient leadership."

"Certain names look overmuch often successful positions of power, reflecting deeper societal and workplace biases," Augustine said. "While skills and acquisition should specify success, unconscious bias tin powerfulness immoderate hiring and promotion decisions, favoring those pinch classical American, masculine names."

A caller study from nan World Economic Forum recovered that 36.4% of women were hired into activity positions successful 2024, down from nan 36.9% hired successful 2023.

Under female names, "Kimberly" was recovered to beryllium successful nan mediate of nan pack, but "Kim" was recovered to beryllium nan astir communal punishment for an executive pinch a "director" title.

Jennifer, Lisa, and Mary topped nan list.

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