Editor’s Note: Your response is appreciated

If you’re a regular reader of Safety+Health (and if so, thank you), you’re probably familiar with our Job Outlook survey.

This year, we’re trying something a little different: We’ve taken elements of the Job Outlook and added questions to create what we’re calling the State of Safety.

The new questions ask about safety culture, leading/lagging indicators, technology, and current and future challenges.

I hope you find them interesting. Let us know what areas you’d like to see us explore further – in future surveys or feature articles. It’s certainly given me some ideas.

I know survey fatigue is common – it seems like we can’t purchase an item or receive a service without being asked to respond to a survey afterward. I worried about our new survey asking so many questions that people might give up on it, so we kept it on what I consider the short side. But after the results were in and I read some of the thoughtful responses to the open-ended questions, I regretted not asking more questions and for more opinions. We’re learning as we go!

We’ll use the feedback we receive to refine the survey and make sure we’re asking the questions you care about. Meanwhile, heartfelt thanks to the safety and health pros who took the time to weigh in. We appreciate you.

Big thanks also to NSC Statistics Manager Ken Kolosh and S+H Senior Graphic Designer Mike Sharkey, who worked together to make sure all the charts and graphs are accurate.

The opinions expressed in “Editor’s Note” do not necessarily reflect those of the National Safety Council or affiliated local Chapters.