CHICAGO, April 30 (UPI) — Laid-off workers are finding it easier to get a new job, a survey by CareerBuilder indicated.
The survey found 51 percent of workers laid off in the first quarter had found full- or part-time employment, compared with 44 percent in a similar survey taken last November, and nearly 40 percent said they were able to negotiate comparable or higher salaries in their new positions while 61 percent took pay cuts.
“As consumers and businesses grow more confident in the economic outlook in the U.S., hiring managers are beginning to add new staff at an improved, but cautious pace,” said Brent Rasmussen, president of CareerBuilder North America.
“More than half of workers who were laid off in the first quarter have already found employment, primarily in full-time positions. Not only is this a positive indicator for the labor market, it also shows that job seekers are being resourceful in their job hunts and are open to different types of opportunities.”
The survey also found 57 percent of workers laid off in the past six months were called back by their employers and 71 percent of those who hadn’t found new jobs said they’d be willing to return to their former positions.
The Feb. 10-March 2 nationwide survey queried 972 workers who had been laid off in the last year. It had a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.
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