Time spent looking for information

1. How much time is spent looking for information?
2. How much time is wasted searching for documents?
3. How knowledge workers spend their time?
4. How many percent of the employee says it is time consuming and challenging to find the documents they need?

How much time is spent looking for information?

The demand for information is literally the demand for time. Averagely, people spend 2.5 hours per day looking out for information. The reason why information search take the time of people is the common factor of not getting the relevant information at the point of demand.

How much time is wasted searching for documents?

Interact found that “19.8 percent of business time – the equivalent of one day per working week – is wasted by employees searching for information to do their job effectively.”

How knowledge workers spend their time?

Each week, knowledge workers estimate they spend: 3.6 hours managing internal workplace communication, 2.8 hours looking for or requesting needed information, and. 2.2 hours participating in unnecessary or unproductive meetings.

How many percent of the employee says it is time consuming and challenging to find the documents they need?

49% said they have trouble locating documents.