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It's a bad time to hunt for new jobs, most US workers say in new Gallup poll
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It's a bad time to hunt for new jobs, most US workers say in new Gallup poll

  • By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer

A new Gallup survey finds that Americans' outlook on the job market is increasingly pessimistic. The negative shift may seem incongruous with the low unemployment rate, but the findings likely reflect an ongoing hiring drought. Just 28% of workers in a quarterly Gallup survey conducted in the last part of 2025 said now is a "good time" to find a job, with 72% saying it is a bad time. Those figures are a sharp reversal from just a few years ago, in mid-2022, when 70% said it was a good time. Pessimism is especially pronounced among young people and college graduates.