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[Pages:35]2017 Job Seeker Nation Study

Finding the Fault Lines in

the American Workforce

Introduction

If the past year taught us anything, it's that we live in a divided nation. In fact, nearly 80% of Americans -- an all-time high -- believe the country is split in two. With this year's Jobseeker Nation Survey of 2,000 Americans, we sought to define that split: who are the two groups and what does the job seeking experience look like for each? The answer surprised us: `Divided America' is a myth. Sure, from 30,000 feet you see Blue vs. Red. Coast vs. Coast. But dig a couple layers deeper and you don't find a neatly divided population. That's a misleading oversimplification. What we found is many different versions of the American job seeker. This year's survey seeks to define those diverse American job seeker experiences. It examines in more depth than ever before the ways people find, secure, and experience work.

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Shades of the American Jobseeker

Today's job seeker experience in the U.S. is fractured. The following survey findings highlight the contrasts that make up today's workforce.

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The Country: Coasts vs. Middle America

East

Coasters

Westerners

are more likely

are more

to make more

aggressive about

than their parents,

55% of

salary than friendly

but are most

Easterners make

Midwesterners.

scared of losing their jobs.

more money than their parents make/made pre-

retirement, compared

36% of westerners negotiate salaries while only 25% in the Midwest

The South is hurting the most... but

to 39% in the South and 40% in the Midwest.

do.

holding out

East Coast

21% in the West coast used counter offers to negotiate higher salary while only 12% Midwesterners

did.

21% of West coast workers negotiated benefits compared to 11% in Midwest.

hope.

Southerners have the

bleakest view of the job market ? 50% feel that it is harder to find

a job compared to last year.

Southerners are the most optimistic about the next four years ? 43% believe job prospects will be better, 10% higher than other

regions.

workers are the most afraid of losing a job within

the next year (29%).

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Women vs. Men: Money at the Center of the Debate

Women don't like negotiating -- and when they do, they get less money.

56% of men feel comfortable negotiating vs. 38% of women.

At their current or most recent job, 26% of women negotiated vs. 32% of men.

When it comes to salary, women feel slighted.

27% of women think men are paid more for the same quality of work -- while just 15% of men share that opinion.

87% of men say negotiation resulted in higher pay, while 80% of women said the same.

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Racial Disparities Persist

In salary:

Non-whites are more likely to have to use a competing job offer to secure a satisfactory salary:

AfricanAmerican 19%

Latino 23% Asian 23% White 12%

In diversity:

Non-whites are more likely to rank diversity in the workplace as "very important":

AfricanAmerican 56%

Latino 43% Asian 30% White 27%

In what we fear:

Latinos and African-Americans are more likely to think immigrants pose a threat to their jobs:

AfricanAmerican

Latino Asian White

13% 16% 9% 10%

Non-whites are more likely to say it's "very" or "somewhat important" their company makes an effort to hire immigrants:

AfricanAmerican 60%

Latino 53% Asian 66% White 37%

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Is Diversity Important? Depends On Who You Ask

While 80% of job seekers believe their employer fosters diversity at work, we don't all agree on how important it is.

32%

of job seekers rated diversity in the workplace as very important -- 18% say it's not too important.

Here's who ranked workplace diversity as "very important": African American 60% Hispanic 43% Women 36%

Asian / Pacific Islander 32% Men 29%

White 27%

Battle of the sexes.

69% of men believe that men and women are paid the same amount for the same work -- while just 54% of women say the same.

Put another way:

82% Women are 82% more likely to believe that men are paid more for the same work.

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Millennials vs. Older Workers: Threatened by the Future, Motivated by Passion

Young people are more scared their jobs will be automated in the next five years.

21% are concerned compared to 8% of older workers.

But they're motivated by passion.

Older and younger workers are equally likely to have a second source of income, but younger workers are more likely (33% vs. 17%) to pursue this second income as part of a passion project.

33% of both younger and older workers are ready to take a pay cut of 10% in order to pursue careers they are more passionate about.

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