As of: January 31, 2024, 7:30 a.m
By: Marco Blanco Ucles
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Many German employees are still open to changing jobs, as a long-term study shows.
Job security also plays a big role.
Regardless of the tense economic situation - energy crisis, inflation, etc. - German employees' willingness to change remains high.
This was the result of a survey by the polling institute
“forsa”
, which has been carried out since 2012 on behalf of the job network
“XING”
.
According to this, 37 percent of all respondents would be willing to change their job - the same figure as the year before, the second highest since 2012. Most recently, a survey by the job network
“Linkedin”
produced even more drastic results on the job change issue.
94 percent are not worried about their job
Other points in the XING
survey are even clearer than those regarding willingness to change jobs
.
69 percent of all respondents said that a long-term, secure job was particularly important to them.
However, the fear of losing a job does not seem to be too great - only six percent fear that.
94 percent, on the other hand, are sure that they will be able to keep their current job.
A long-term study has shown that many German employees long for a long-term, secure job.
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Thomas Kindler, Managing Director at
XING,
classifies the current situation in the world of work as follows: “The figures show that the job market has become increasingly decoupled from the difficult economic situation.
Demographic change, a shortage of skilled workers and a solid social system ensure that many employees are very low in fear of losing their jobs and their willingness to change remains high.
German employees have little fear of the future when it comes to their jobs.”
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When asked which aspect had become more important when selecting a new employer over the past five years, salary was at the top at 62 percent.
53 percent of those surveyed cited inflation and rising costs of living as the main reasons for their statement.
However, the importance of being able to work from home fell in employees' reputation.
It was only on the wish list for a potential new employer for 43 percent of those surveyed.
Another survey shows that many employees feel too exhausted to work after the crises of recent years.