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Job Seekers’ Confidence Tanks To Pandemic Lows As Job Hunts Drag On

For both employed and unemployed job seekers, confidence to secure or keep a job now sits at +15, a level near the lowest since the survey's inception during the pandemic.

Emma AscottbyEmma Ascott
February 21, 2025
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Job Seekers' Confidence Tanks To Pandemic Lows As Job Hunts Drag On

Typically, job confidence rises in January due to the new year’s optimism, but this year saw a sharp decline, with confidence dropping 11 points from last January’s +31 to just +20.

Job Seeker Confidence in the U.S. has significantly dropped, according to LinkedIn’s latest Workforce Confidence survey. 

For both employed and unemployed job seekers, confidence to secure or keep a job now sits at +15, a level near the lowest since the survey’s inception during the pandemic. The previous low was recorded in April 2020 at +9.

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Typically, job seeker confidence rises in January due to the new year’s optimism. However, this year saw a sharp decline, with confidence dropping 11 points from last January’s +31 to just +20. 

These numbers mirror growing concerns that job seekers are facing longer timelines to land their next role. 

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The survey also revealed that over half of job seekers have been searching for six months or more, underscoring the challenges in today’s job market.

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Emma Ascott

Emma Ascott

Emma Ascott is the Associate Editor for Allwork.Space, based in Phoenix, Arizona. She covers the future of work, labor news, and flexible workplace trends. She graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University, and has written for Arizona PBS as well as a multitude of publications.

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