{"id":351689,"date":"2025-03-12T22:55:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/?p=351689"},"modified":"2025-03-12T22:55:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:25:42","slug":"job-seekers-embrace-skills-building-during-hiring-uncertainty-new-comptia-survey-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/job-seekers-embrace-skills-building-during-hiring-uncertainty-new-comptia-survey-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Job seekers embrace skills-building during hiring uncertainty, new CompTIA survey shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>6 in 10 job seekers cite a culmination of factors in pursuing career change<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Job seekers are taking steps to enhance and expand their workplace skills amid uncertainty about the current job market, according to new research from CompTIA, Inc., the leading global provider of vendor-neutral information technology (IT) training and certification products.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CompTIA\u2019s latest \u201cJob Seeker Trends\u201d report<\/strong> finds that 27% of the U.S. labor market \u2013 approximately 45 million people \u2013 reported pursuing a new job or career change during the past three months. The percentage is consistent with prior waves of CompTIA\u2019s job market tracking research. Those in the early stages of their career \u2013 the 18 to 44 age segment \u2013 have the highest incidence of job seeking activity (45% vs. 27% overall).<\/p>\n<p>Job seekers acknowledge a challenging hiring environment on several fronts. In addition to concerns around labor market uncertainty, they cite the time factor of searching, interviewing and related activities, as well as mental fatigue and frustration with situations of employer \u201cover-spec\u2019ing\u201d positions with difficult to clear requirements.<\/p>\n<p>To put themselves in the best possible position in an increasingly tech-driven workplace, 89% of job seekers recognize the importance of digital fluency skills. Non-active job seekers express a similar intent to build their skills for advancing or avoiding falling beyond in their career. Among the skills intent segment, areas that rate highest include:<\/p>\n<p>Business or professional (soft) skills<br \/>\nDigital fluency skills<br \/>\nProject management skills<br \/>\nData and analysis skills<br \/>\nTechnical or cybersecurity skills<br \/>\nArtificial intelligence skills<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe data confirms job seekers and skills intent workers continue to utilize a range of approaches and tools to support their career progression,\u201d said <strong>Amy Carrado, senior director, workforce research, CompTIA.<\/strong> \u201cDespite the challenges, there have never been more resources available to navigate career change.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 in 10 job seekers cite a culmination of factors in pursuing career change Job seekers are taking steps to enhance and expand their workplace skills amid uncertainty about the current job market, according to new research from CompTIA, Inc., the leading global provider of vendor-neutral information technology (IT) training and certification products. CompTIA\u2019s latest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-351689","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-careers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.technologyforyou.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}