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Saturday, September 12, 2020

61% of Americans looking for jobs right now want to switch careers

The pandemic has hit the U.S. economy and job market hard, battering some industries beyond recognition. That's inspired many job seekers to change careers altogether, according to a new study.

About 61% of US job seekers surveyed — which includes people who are looking for new roles and people who are unemployed — have looked for a job in a new industry because of the pandemic, according to a new Morning Consult survey on job seeker insights commissioned by Amazon.

Amazon commissioned the study as part of its announcement of Career Day, an event on Sept. 16 in which a team of 1,000 Amazon recruiters will hold 20,000 free career coaching sessions. Along with other hiring efforts announced this year, the company said it now has 33,000 open roles to fill.

More than half of the Americans surveyed who are currently looking for a new job are doing so because of the pandemic, according to Morning Consult.

That tracks with overall trends: The US economy is down more than 11.5 million jobs since the pandemic hit the country, and the job market is still reeling with 884,000 more Americans filing new jobless claims last week.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well if you want to switch. This is a great time to do so. Once the election is over. The hiring process will begin.

Anonymous said...

Ditching the shhht jobs !!! 2020

Anonymous said...

I heard Wicomico desperately needs teachers. Any takers?

Anonymous said...

Many who worked through this whatever it was are burnt out on it all and the political social climate as well. It has just been an exhausting thankless year. I made good money but it wasn't worth it.