American Workers Primed to Start Searching for New Jobs, with Most Willing to Move or Switch Careers, America Online Survey Finds.Business Editors DULLES,Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2004 More Than Half Say Improvements in the Economy Will Spark Desire for New Job; More Than Eight in Ten Willing to Switch Careers; Internet Use Is Routine in Job Searches Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Scores As Happiest Working City; Detroit Most Stressed More than half of full-time workers say that improvements in the economy will boost their desire to find a new job, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a survey released today by America Online See AOL. , Inc., the world's leading interactive services company. The survey, conducted for AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. by Digital Marketing Services, also found that most are willing to relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. (56.8%) and a whopping 88.4% say they would switch careers to get their next job. More than 5,000 full-time workers participated in the survey, answering questions about their job satisfaction, plans to look for a new job, use of the Internet in job searches and other job-related issues. The results show that once the economy shows more signs of improvement, 58% say they "may" or "definitely" will start looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a new job. More than a third (37%) of workers report having already looked for a new job in the past year. Full survey results are available online at AOL Keyword: Find a Job. These findings come just as the employment picture appears to be turning a corner. A recent CareerBuilder.com survey, for example, found that more than a third of hiring managers plan to add new jobs in 2004.* "After riding out a long period of economic sluggishness, the American workforce is ready for some serious job hopping," said Kate Wendleton, President of the Five O'Clock Club, a career coaching and outplacement out·place·ment n. The process of facilitating a terminated employee's search for a new job by provision of professional services, such as counseling, paid for by the former employer. network. "This survey reveals that even mid-career workers and those most likely to have families are ready and willing to move or switch careers for their next job. All these workers appear to be waiting for is a clear sign of sustainable economic growth." Internet Job Searching is Now Routine The America Online(R) survey also found that the Internet is now a mainstay among those looking for a new job. Nearly three quarters of those who looked for a job in the past year spent one or more hours a week searching for jobs on the Internet See How to find a job on the Internet and job descriptions. , the survey found. About one in three job hunters spent three or more hours a week doing so. "These findings underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. that the Internet is just as important during the job search as having keen knowledge of the job marketplace and sharp job seeking skills. They all go hand-in-hand," said Alan Steel, Marketing Director of AOL's Find a Job Channel. "Quality career sites provide users with alerts when new job openings are posted, help craft professional resumes and cover letters, offer job seeking tips and encourage people who want to explore new career paths." Broken down by age and gender, the survey found that women between the ages of 18-34 spent the most time job hunting online (3.8 hours a week, on average, versus the national average of 3 hours). By region, job seekers job seeker also job·seek·er n. One who seeks employment. in Atlanta ranked as the heaviest users of Internet job search tools (4.5 hours per week). Washington, D.C. used them the least (just 2.26 hours per week). The survey also found that more than half (51.9%) used Internet job postings for research purposes, such as what companies are hiring and the kind of jobs that are available. "Job seekers are using the Internet in a variety of ways to find just the right jobs, even if they don't use the Internet to post their own resumes," Steel said. Los Angeles Has Happiest, Least Stressed Workers The AOL/DMS survey also examined regional patterns in job satisfaction and other work-related issues. Sunny weather and a laid-back attitude appear to make for a happy workforce, according to regional tallies TALLIES, evidence. The parts of a piece of wood out in two, which persons use to denote the quantity of goods supplied by one to the other. Poth. Obl. pt. 4, c. 1, art. 2, Sec. 7. in the survey. It found that Los Angeles workers were the most likely to report being happy on the job, and also to have the lowest stress levels, compared to 22 major urban areas included in the survey. Some of the results: -- Happiest: Los Angeles (71.1% said they were "thrilled" or "happy" in their current job vs. national average of 62.9%). -- Least happy: Denver (16.8% said they were "unhappy" or "miserable" vs. national average of 11.0%). -- Most stressed: Detroit (35% said they were highly stressed vs. national average of 28%). -- Least stressed: Los Angeles (27.9% reported low levels of stress vs. national average of 20.5%). -- Most appreciated: San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden (73.4% say they felt appreciated at their current job vs. national average of 66.3%) -- Best bosses: Boston (50% said they were "very happy" with current boss vs. national average of 43%) -- Worst bosses: Cleveland (21.5% said they were "not at all happy" with their boss vs. national average of 12.3%). -- Longest work hours: Dallas (55.9% said their average workday is longer than 8 hours vs. national average of 47.2%). Local statistics for the top 22 DMAs are available upon request. City rankings for each of the above-mentioned categories are also available. Methodology This survey was conducted from January 5 - February 2, 2004 through OpinionPlace, an online research site operated by DMS (1) (Document Management System) See document management. (2) (Defense Messaging System) An X.500-compliant messaging system developed by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. . Opinion Place utilizes real-time, randomized ran·dom·ize tr.v. ran·dom·ized, ran·dom·iz·ing, ran·dom·iz·es To make random in arrangement, especially in order to control the variables in an experiment. assignment of respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. to surveys based on a scientifically proven process. A total of 5,086 respondents were interviewed. The screening qualifications for this study were males and females aged 18 and above who were employed full-time. The margin of error is +/- 1.34. About America Online America Online, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Time Warner, Inc. Based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , America Online is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Survey Findings ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Improving economy will increase desire to find a new job 58%* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Have looked for a job in the past year 37.4% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Willing to relocate to find a new job: 56.8% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Willing to switch fields for a new job 88.4% ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Used the Internet 1+ hours a week in a job search 72.3%** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Used Internet job postings for research purposes: 51.9%** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Responded "yes, definitely" or "yes, it may" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Among respondents who searched for a job in the last year ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * CareerBuilder.com "Plans for 2004" Survey, Dec. 2003 |
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