June 20, 2024
Amid an unsure financial system, US job seekers prioritize pay, job safety and engagement, in accordance with Aerotek’s Job Seeker Survey launched right now.
When deciding whether or not to just accept a job, 40.6% of job seekers cited pay as their prime motivator, adopted by job safety at 19.7% and alternatives to study new expertise at 11.5%.
All three figures mark a rise from year-ago ranges of 36.5%, 14.3% and 13.9%, respectively.
Different motivators embrace the potential for profession development, a optimistic or supportive firm tradition, difficult or fascinating work, the beginning date and that the job is useful to society.
Regardless of rising wages, 47.6% of staff have largely adverse emotions about their monetary state of affairs, 33.6% really feel the identical as they did in 2023 and solely 18.8% really feel higher.
Inflation and financial uncertainty could also be negating wage features. Amongst 486 respondents who acquired a elevate final yr, 35% really feel worse about their monetary state of affairs, 36% really feel the identical and 29% really feel higher.
The survey additionally discovered that engagement is a precedence for job seekers, with 73.2% reporting that participating with coworkers improves their emotions a couple of job and 69.2% saying they’re extra more likely to keep at a job that promotes social connections.
Whereas the variety of accessible jobs stays excessive, 13.8% of job seekers anticipate to finish greater than 100 job functions, up from 10% in 2023.
Moreover, 59% of job seekers really feel the job search expertise has slowed down.
The financial system was recognized as the highest problem within the job search by 56% of job seekers. Regardless of this financial apprehension, 58% of job seekers stay optimistic about securing high quality employment.
The net survey consists of responses from 1,433 job seekers who utilized for work this yr. It was performed between April 22 and Could 3.