Employment


A nation of job hunters

As the labor market continues to react to the fallout from the pandemic, close to two in five workers say they are open to something new.

Baby Boomers generally dissatisfied with the current job search process

Just over half of employed Americans say they have good pay
Employment Survey

Job loss is a concern for half of workers across the world

Job insecurity and ability to the learn essential new skills on the job vary widely across countries.
Coronavirus Survey

Restarting the economy: Older people most likely to believe jobs lost amid COVID-19 won’t return

A majority of people aged over 44 don’t see an employment rebound as lockdowns are lifted.
Employment Survey

Work Is a Universal Value; Most People in the U.S. and Around the World Find Meaning In It

Americans want, need and feel capable of working later in life, more so than people in most countries
Gender Survey

National Geographic/Ipsos Poll

Four in 10 Americans think there is no difference between men and women in the US.
Business Survey

Small Business Index Reaches All Time High, Positivity Toward Local Economy Major Factor

Ipsos' MetLife/U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Index highest since its inception in 2017, largely due to increased optimism toward the local economy and sustained optimism across most other measures.
Employment Publication

What worries you the most? Unemployment, but corruption, inequality closing the gap

In the latest edition of Global Advisor’s What Worries the World, researchers tracked the issues people worried about the most in 28 countries, comparing the results over the nine-year period since the survey began in 2010.
Employment Survey

What worries the world - May 2019

What Worries the World is a Global Advisor survey in 28 countries. tracking whether people think their country is on the right/wrong track and what their top concerns are. This quicklinks document provides the latest global summary of the survey findings and links to the full decks for each country, in different languages.