Are we ready as business owners or employees for a disaster?

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Are businesses prepared for a disaster?

• May 17th, 2012
• By Anthony Balderrama in On the job, Surveys
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Grade-school students often welcome tornado and fire drills as unexpected escapes from class. Every few months, students practice what to do in case of an emergency, and for a few minutes they get to chat with friends and maybe even skip a test. Hopefully they never actually encounter a real fire or tornado, but it is the school’s responsibility to ensure that everyone knows what to do should one occur.

As adults who spend most of our days at work instead of school, we don’t always have that same level of preparation. A new CareerBuilder survey on disaster preparedness finds that many companies do have some form of a disaster-recovery plan, but many aren’t ready for the variety of crises that could come their way. Check out the infographic below to see if companies are as prepared for a cyber attack as they are for a fire.

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About Anthony Balderrama

Anthony Balderrama writes about hiring trends, workplace issues and job search tactics for CareerBuilder.com and its blog The Work Buzz. He was born and raised in Dallas (115° degrees isn’t hot!) before moving to Chicago (-23° isn’t cold!). He studied creative writing, therefore everything he writes is usually cut in half once he realizes he spent 400 words just on the intro. He knows that looking for a job and dealing with co-workers are not always fun activities, and reading about them is even less thrilling. That’s why he’ll take any opportunity he can to mention his favorite TV show or band in an article. Basically Anthony’s doing whatever he can to avoid hate mail.