Many Workers Eyeing Job Market in ’07

Overworked and On the Move: Perhaps it’s renewed confidence in the economy, or perhaps it’s dissatisfaction with their current positions. But 54 percent of workers say they are on the hunt for different jobs, according to the Randstad World of Work Survey 2007. That’s up from 33 percent in 2003, signaling that workers are more sanguine about their job prospects. But another reason may be a desire to get out from under increasing workloads, with 63 percent of employees saying they are putting in more hours to get work done. Lack of faith in top management isn’t helping, with 27 percent voicing “serious doubts” about top execs and 23 percent about supervisors—up from 18 percent and 15 percent, respectively, in 2003. There is good news, though, with 60 percent of employees defining their current position as a career path, rather than merely a job.