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Starting A New Job Creates Mental Health Challenges

As the possibility of a recession approaches, job seekers remain optimistic about their prospects for the year ahead. In a recent Joblist survey of 30,000 job seekers in the United States, approximately two-thirds of respondents say they plan to change jobs in the next year. Despite fake job offers, growing economic concerns due to inflation and high interest rates, the majority of job seekers are actually feeling good about their position in the job market, according to the Joblist survey. They believe their job prospects are better now than a year ago, that it’s still a job seeker’s market and that they still have the upper hand, despite ongoing tech layoffs, rising inflation and the International Monetary Fund’s prediction of a recession for a third of the world.

A new Monster poll also found that 96% of workers are looking for or planning to look for a new job this year, but many of them have “new job jitters” from mental health challenges both within and beyond the workplace. Job hunters in the Monster study gave various reasons for seeking a new position. Key findings include:
  • 67% say they were working at a toxic workplace and were burned out.
  • 54% say their roles were different from what was described during the interview.

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