Data and anecdotes alike throughout the past several years show that the volatile job market, mass headcount reductions, budget cuts and hiring freezes are taking a toll on workers, especially younger employees.
But this isn’t the whole story: people who are out of work and actively searching for jobs are burnt out, too.
Many of these jobseekers face a frustrating, time-consuming cycle of submitting applications, to no avail.
They spend time networking, CV and cover-letter writing, interviewing, following up and getting their hopes up – only for companies to send a curt rejection, or not reply at all.
Then, they must start the process again.
Researchers for LinkedIn’s Workforce Confidence Index recently surveyed more than 30,000 US professionals about how confident they felt about their prospects of keeping or finding a job, on a scale that ranges from +100 (most confident) to -100 (gloomiest).
For workers actively seeking jobs, the overall response in January 2023 was +36. In May, it slipped to +27.
It may still takes time for jobseekers to secure a role.
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