Job hunting questions
I’m in a Job is it okay to look for a new job?
The simple answer is yes. Maybe you didn’t know this but most people in their twenties will change job every two years and at any given moment 70% of the workforce in Ireland is job hunting. So if your looking for a new job while in your current roll is totally normal.
You do not need to tell your current employer that you are job hunting, it’s common courtesy for a recruiter not to tell the candidate’s current employer and I don’t think I’ve ever come across a case of this happening. But, in some small towns this can happen if anyone asks you at work have you been looking you can say, “I’m always looking. Isn’t everyone?”
Are you Happy at work?
A quick read of the latest Spherion survey says most of you (and employers) aint ‘getting it’ either.
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Despite a historically low unemployment rate and the beginning effects of a labor shortage, a recent survey shows that many workers say their employers are not taking the necessary steps to retain them. In addition, less than half of the U.S. workforce (43 percent) say they are satisfied with their
current jobs, according to the comprehensive study released today by Spherion Corporation (NYSE: SFN), a recruiting, staffing and workforce solutions provider.
“Our Study indicates some very troubling trends in the employee-employer relationship,” says Roy Krause, Spherion(R) president and CEO. “The workforce is largely dissatisfied with their employers’ efforts on the factors they feel are most important to them and will keep them in their current jobs.”
