Industry Trends

CareerBuilder periodically tracks the opinions of workers and employers on a variety of topics. For additional survey information, contact Jennifer Grasz at 773-527-1164 or jennifer.grasz@careerbuilder.com.

2009 Surveys

11/24/2009 Nearly One-Third of Workers Plan to Holiday Shop Online While at the Office, CareerBuilder’s Annual Survey Reveals

11/17/2009 Nearly a Quarter of Employers Rate Their Organization’s Employee Morale as Low, Finds New CareerBuilder Survey

11/11/2009 CareerBuilder Survey Reveals the Most Unusual Requests or Suggestions Hiring Managers Received

11/10/2009 Employers Report Impact of Economic Stimulus Funding on Hiring in New CareerBuilder Survey

11/10/2009 Staffing Firms to See Slight Uptick in Permanent Placements in Q4, Finds CareerBuilder's Staffing Supply and Demand Outlook

10/27/2009 Workers Share Which Halloween Characters Their Bosses are Most Like in CareerBuilder Halloween Survey

10/21/2009 Nearly One-in-Five Employers Plan to Hire Seasonal Workers This Year, Finds CareerBuilder Survey

10/14/2009 One-in-Five Employers Report That Missing Open Enrollment Costs Workers More than $1,000 in Out of Pocket Expenses

10/8/2009 More Than A Quarter of Employers Think More Employees are Calling in Sick with Fake Excuses Due to Stress Tied to the Recession, Finds CareerBuilder’s Annual Survey

10/7/2009 Job and Internship Hunting Myths Busted in Survey by New CareerBuilder Site, CareerRookie.com

9/30/2009 Download 2009 U.S. Q4 Forecast

9/30/2009 Restrained Hiring and Moderation in Job Loss Expected for Q4, According to Quarterly Job Forecast from CareerBuilder and USA TODAY

9/24/2009 CareerBuilder Survey Reveals Which Embarrassing Observations Workers are Willing to Point Out to Their Co-Workers

9/16/2009 Six-in-Ten Workers Live Paycheck to Paycheck, Reveals New CareerBuilder Survey

9/10/2009 “Willingness to Recommend” a Staffing Firm Increases Year-Over-Year among Clients, Finds New Survey by CareerBuilder and the Inavero Institute for Service Research

9/10/2009 Employers Targeting U.S. Veterans for Hiring, New CareerBuilder Survey Finds

8/25/2009 Download Edge Report August 2009

8/25/2009 Annual Study From Robert Half International and CareerBuilder Provides Preview of Post-Recession Job Market

8/13/2009 Four-in-Five Workers Looking to Small Businesses for Jobs, Reveals New CareerBuilder Survey

8/12/2009 Employers Share Top 20 Strangest Complaints They Received from Employees in New CareerBuilder Survey

8/5/2009 Staffing Firms to See Increased Demand for Health Care, Technical and Contract Work in Third Quarter, Finds CareerBuilder's Staffing Supply and Demand Outlook

8/5/2009 Half of Workers Who Were Laid Off in the Last Three Months Have Found New Jobs, Reveals Latest CareerBuilder Survey

7/22/2009 Mature Job Seekers Considering Entry-Level Jobs, Internships, Relocation and Starting Their Own Business, CareerBuilder Survey Finds

7/15/2009 Workers Share Most Unique Ways They're Supplementing Incomes in New CareerBuilder Survey

7/8/2009 Four-Out-of-Five Job Seekers Interested in Jobs within Government, Finds New CareerBuilder Survey

7/1/2009 Download 2009 U.S. Q3 Forecast

7/1/2009 Recruiting Patterns to Hold Steady in Q3, According to Quarterly Job Forecast from CareerBuilder and USA TODAY

6/29/2009 Seventy-Two Percent of Employers Are Taking Steps to Strengthen Their Employment Brand to Prepare for When the Economy Turns Around

6/24/2009 Laid Off Workers Report How They’re Making the Most of a Difficult Time, According to New CareerBuilder Survey

6/17/2009 Fewer Working Fathers Willing to Be Stay-At-Home Dads Than Previous Years, Finds CareerBuilder’s Annual Father’s Day Survey

6/10/2009 Employers Share the Most Unconventional Tactics Job Seekers Have Used to Get Their Attention in New CareerBuilder Survey

5/28/2009 Thirty Percent of Workers Whose Companies Have Experienced Layoffs Reported They are Burned Out

5/18/2009 Thirty-Five Percent of Workers Aren’t Planning to Take a Vacation This Year, CareerBuilder’s Annual Survey Reveals

5/12/2009 One-in-Five Employers to Hire Summer Workers Amid Competitive Seasonal Job Market, Finds CareerBuilder’s Annual Summer Job Forecast

5/6/2009 Apartments.com and CBcampus.com Provide the Second Annual Top Ten Best Cities for Recent College Graduates

5/5/2009 One-Third of Working Moms Are Burned Out as They Struggle to Provide for Their Families in a Tough Economy, Finds CareerBuilder’s Annual Mother’s Day Survey

4/29/2009 Four-in-Ten U.S. Employees Have Gained Weight at Their Current Jobs, CareerBuilder Study Finds

4/21/2009 Companies Have Introduced More Environmentally Conscious Programs and Jobs over the Last Year, Finds a New CareerBuilder Survey

4/15/2009 CareerBuilder’s Annual College Job Forecast Finds New College Graduates Will Have to Compete Much Harder for Jobs

4/8/2009 Half of Workers Who Were Laid Off in the Last Three Months Found Jobs, According to a New CareerBuilder Survey

4/1/2009 Download 2009 US Q2 Forecast

4/1/2009 Employers More Focused on Keeping Current Staff Levels Than Hiring, According to Quarterly Job Forecast from CareerBuilder and USA TODAY

3/17/2009 Eighteen Percent of Workers Participate in March Madness Pools at the Office, Finds Annual CareerBuilder Survey

3/17/2009 Six-in-Ten Workers Over the Age of Sixty Postponing Retirement Due to Economic Downturn, Finds CareerBuilder Survey

3/11/2009 Companies Receive More than 75 Resumes on Average For Their Open Positions, CareerBuilder.com Survey Finds

2/25/2009 One-in-Five Workers Are Late to Work at Least Once a Week, CareerBuilder.com Survey Finds

2/18/2009 Nearly 40 Percent of Employers Plan to Trim Benefits and Office Perks This Year, Finds New CareerBuilder.com Survey

2/10/2009 Forty Percent of Workers Have Dated a Co-Worker, Finds Annual CareerBuilder.com Valentine’s Day Survey

2/5/2009 CareerBuilder.com Offers Tips on Making Yourself Recession-Proof at Work and Finding a Job After a Layoff

1/27/2009 CareerBuilder.com Launches New Viral Site

1/14/2009 Health Care Employers Plan to Continue to Add Headcount in 2009, Finds Annual CareerBuilder.com Forecast

1/7/2009 One-In-Five Workers Plan to Change Jobs in 2009, CareerBuilder.com Study Finds

12/30/2008 Slower, More Cautious Hiring Expected in New Year, CareerBuilder.com’s Annual Job Forecast Reveals

12/30/2008 Download 2009 US Forecast

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