From what I am seeing with my clients and friends, as well as through LinkedIn posts, searching for a job right now is not easy, except maybe in a few specific high-need areas like Technology, Healthcare, and Project and Financial Management.
Job seekers who have a robust Network have competitive advantage compared with others who may have recently moved or haven’t needed to network previously. The importance of demonstrated skills, a strong resume, and practiced interviewing technique are also more important than ever when competition for a job is high – along with a strong support system.
A recent ZipRecruiter poll normalizes these challenging job search experiences. Here is one excerpt from an article on this poll, which is based on the first quarter of 2025:
“Job seekers are growing more discouraged. After a brief improvement at the end of last year, sentiment deteriorated in the first quarter, with a record-low 13% of job seekers describing their search as going well and a record-high 41% expressing pessimism about job availability. The share of job seekers reporting zero job offers surged to 61%, the highest level since tracking began.”
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