Recent surveys economic challenges are not stopping more workers from actively looking to change roles.
Canadians are feeling more confident in their ability to find a new job, despite economic uncertainty, high interest rates and rising unemployment, trends which typically inspire them to hunker down where they are.
According to a recent study by recruitment firm Robert Half Canada, half of Canadian professionals are actively looking or intend to look for a new job in the second half of the year, up from 41 per cent last year. The most frequently cited reason was to pursue a higher salary, followed by better benefits and perks, with flexibility coming in third, just ahead of career advancement.
“The youth market has been impacted quite a bit – it’s the highest unemployment we’ve seen in that space since 2014 – but at the same time, when you’re looking at more in-demand positions, that percentage is all the way down to 3 per cent for business, admin and finance roles,” he says. “Overall, we’re looking at a market where there is caution from an employer perspective , but people that are in-demand know that they can easily walk across the street and find a new position.
The Robert Half data echoes the findings of Microsoft and LinkedIn’s global Work Trend Index, which points to an increasing misalignment between employees and employers in an increasingly complex employment landscape.
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