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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.

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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 a contributing writer for Allwork.Space based in Phoenix, Arizona. She graduated from Walter Cronkite at Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communication in 2021. Emma has written about a multitude of topics, such as the future of work, politics, social justice, money, tech, government meetings, breaking news and healthcare.

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