United States - confidence in finding another job, by education 2011

This statistic shows the results of a survey in 2011 among employed Americans on the confidence of finding another job, sorted by education of respondents. 40 percent of college graduates stated they would be extremely or very confident to find another job that was just as good or better, if they needed to.

How confident are you that if you lost or left your job, you could find another job as good or better? (by education)

Characteristic	College grad	No degree, enrolled	No degree, not enrolled
Extremely/very confident	40%	50%	23%
Somewhat confident	50%	42%	6%
Not very/at all confident	40%	30%	30%

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Release date

February 2012

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Region

United States

Survey time period

December 6-19, 2011

Number of respondents

1,231 employed adults

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Currently employed Americans

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

The source posed the original question as follows: "How confident are you that if you lost or wanted to leave your current job, you could find another job as good or better?"

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