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Employed job seekers express greater confidence

June 05, 2013

Forty-two percent of employed job seekers are dissatisfied with their current job and 81 percent of employed job seekers expect to actively search for a new job in the next year, according to Monster Worldwide Inc.’s (NYSE: MWW) workforce talent survey. Seventy-nine percent of employed jobs seekers and 74 percent of unemployed job seekers are confident about finding a new job.

“Employed job seekers appear to be expressing greater confidence in entering the job market in search of a fulfilling career,” said Jeffrey Quinn, vice president of Monster’s Global Insights.

Monster surveyed 6,000 job seekers who are currently employed or desire employment in the next 12 months via an online survey that ran from Jan. 14, 2013, to Feb. 18, 2013.