Job Seekers Say Market Strong with 24% Taking Action to Find New Roles

Despite worries about the economy, job seekers continue to seek new employment with a net 41% viewing the current employment market as strong or very strong, according to the “Job Seeker Trends” report released by CompTIA. In addition, 24% of people across the labor market took part in some job-seeking activity in the second quarter.

The top factors when considering a new position included:

• Higher pay, better benefits: 67%
• Job security, stability: 40%
• Flexible work environment, work from home/remote work option: 39%
• Better work-life balance, personal well-being: 36%
• Career growth, advancement opportunities: 32%

The report also looked at actions taken by job seekers to find new positions. They included:

• Applied for jobs online: 65%
• Updated résumé: 61%
• Searched for info about training and developing new skills: 32%
• Updated LinkedIn profile: 30%
• Used career planning tools, skills assessments, etc.: 21%
• Took training classes or instruction to build new skills: 15%
• None of the above: 6%

The report also looked at challenges barriers to career changes. For tech jobs, those concerns among job seekers included:

• Not interested in technology: 28%
• Tech jobs don’t pay enough: 27%
• Training takes too much time: 26%
• Too expensive to train for a tech job: 24%
• Believe insufficient math/science skills are a barrier to working in a tech job: 22%
• Not enough tech jobs in region: 17%

CompTIA’s report is based on a survey of 1,000 US adults that took place from June 7 through June 14.

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