Why aren’t more Americans working? Do they plan to get a job soon? – By Jeffry Bartash (Marketwatch) / July 8 2021
Indeed Hiring Lab asked 5,000 people about their job searches. Here’s what it found.
Job openings are at a record high, and most companies are trying to hire, but they can’t find enough workers, even though millions of people are still unemployed. Why aren’t these people looking for work? When do they plan to find a job?
The labor-research firm Indeed Hiring Lab recently polled 5,000 jobseekers as part of the largest U.S. study to date on why people are still hesitant to return to work. We spoke with Nick Bunker, director of research at the lab, launched in 2014 by the jobs-listing company Indeed (acquired in 2016 by Microsoft), about the study.
The No. 1 answer by far: fear of the virus. See survey.
