Workers would take Oprah to work for a fun day, survey finds
SnagAJob.com poll says talk queen even popular with teens; Winfrey tops Alba, Hilton, Jolie
RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 28, 2006 – Who's the celebrity that most hourly employees would like to have join them at work? Both young and old agree: it's Oprah Winfrey.
According to a just-released survey by SnagAJob.com, the nation's largest online job site for part-time and full-time hourly jobs, the empress of talk topped the list of celebrities whom workers thought would make their jobs more fun for a day. While Winfrey outpolled all other celebrities at 26 percent, she even outdrew the likes of Jessica Alba, Paris Hilton and Angelina Jolie, among workers 17 and under.
"Old or young, Oprah rules," said Shawn Boyer, chief executive officer of SnagAJob.com, which conducted the online poll on the occasion of Labor Day. "She's not only overwhelmingly popular with folks who grew up with her, but there is obviously a whole new generation of Oprah lovers who wouldn't mind jumping up and down on her couch."
Winfrey's popularity rose dramatically with age. She won the teen category of 17 and under (18 percent), beating out twenty-something Jessica Alba (15 percent), and those ages 18 to 24 also concur. Winfrey topped that age group at 21 percent. Within her peer group, the 45 and older crowd, Winfrey can't be toppled. She garnered nearly half of the poll (46 percent), and the next-closest trailer was former "Friends" star Jennifer Aniston (10 percent).
After Winfrey, the next-closest competitors in the overall survey were Jolie (11 percent), and funnyman Will Ferrell, fighting for third place with 10 percent. (See the attached table for complete results.)
More than 2,300 people completed the survey on SnagAJob.com between Aug. 9, 2006, and Aug. 23, 2006. Those polled were asked to select answer choices from a given list of 12 celebrities, indicate their age from the appropriate range and choose their gender as male or female.
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SnagAJob.com Celebrity Survey: If you could bring a celebrity to work for a day to make your work day more fun, who would it be?
OVERALL POLL RESULTS
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Celebrity
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Percentage*
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Oprah Winfrey
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26 %
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Angelina Jolie
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11 %
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Will Ferrell
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10 %
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Jessica Alba
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9 %
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Paris Hilton
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9 %
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Brad Pitt
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9 %
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Jennifer Aniston
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6 %
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Jessica Simpson
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6 %
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Nick Lachey
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5 %
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Derek Jeter
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3 %
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David Letterman
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3 %
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David Beckham
|
2 %
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*Total percentages do not equal 100 percent because of rounding to the nearest percent.
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MALE VS. FEMALE POLL RESULTS
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Celebrity
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Males say…Percentage*
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Celebrity
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Females say….Percentage*
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Jessica Alba
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16 %
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Oprah Winfrey
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31 %
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Angelina Jolie
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13 %
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Will Ferrell
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10 %
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Will Ferrell
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12 %
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Angelina Jolie
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10 %
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Oprah Winfrey
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12 %
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Brad Pitt
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10 %
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Jennifer Aniston
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9 %
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Paris Hilton
|
9 %
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Paris Hilton
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9 %
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Jessica Alba
|
7 %
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Jessica Simpson
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9 %
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Nick Lachey
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6 %
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Brad Pitt
|
6 %
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Jennifer Aniston
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5 %
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David Letterman
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5 %
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Jessica Simpson
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5 %
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Derek Jeter
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4 %
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David Beckham
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2 %
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David Beckham
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3 %
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Derek Jeter
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2 %
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Nick Lachey
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3 %
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David Letterman
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2 %
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*Total percentages do not equal 100 percent because of rounding to the nearest percent.
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AGE CATEGORY POLL RESULTS
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Celebrity ranking (ages 17 & under)
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Celebrity ranking (ages 18-24)
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Celebrity ranking (ages 25-44)
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Celebrity ranking (ages 45+)
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Oprah Winfrey
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18 %
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Oprah Winfrey
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21 %
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Oprah Winfrey
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27 %
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Oprah Winfrey
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46 %
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Jessica Alba
|
15 %
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Paris Hilton
|
12 %
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Will Ferrell
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13 %
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Jennifer Aniston
|
10 %
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Paris Hilton
|
14 %
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Angelina Jolie
|
12 %
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Angelina Jolie
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12 %
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David Letterman
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9 %
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Angelina Jolie
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11 %
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Will Ferrell
|
11 %
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Brad Pitt
|
9 %
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Brad Pitt
|
7 %
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Brad Pitt
|
10 %
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Jessica Alba
|
10 %
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Jessica Alba
|
8 %
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Will Ferrell
|
6 %
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Will Ferrell
|
8 %
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Brad Pitt
|
10 %
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Jennifer Aniston
|
7 %
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Angelina Jolie
|
6 %
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Jessica Simpson
|
8 %
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Jessica Simpson
|
8 %
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Paris Hilton
|
6 %
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Paris Hilton
|
5 %
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Nick Lachey
|
5 %
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Nick Lachey
|
6 %
|
Nick Lachey
|
6 %
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Derek Jeter
|
4 %
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Jennifer Aniston
|
3 %
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Jennifer Aniston
|
5 %
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David Letterman
|
6 %
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Nick Lachey
|
2 %
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David Beckham
|
3 %
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David Beckham
|
2 %
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Jessica Simpson
|
6 %
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Jessica Simpson
|
2 %
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Derek Jeter
|
3 %
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Derek Jeter
|
2 %
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Derek Jeter
|
3 %
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Jessica Alba
|
1 %
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David Letterman
|
1 %
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David Letterman
|
1 %
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David Beckham
|
2 %
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David Beckham
|
1 %
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*Total percentages do not equal 100 percent because of rounding to the nearest percent.
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