Isn't it cool that Job Confidence is way up?

[Chemist. Warrior. Trumpeter. Buddhist.Con fighter.]

Thank you President Obama, Sir, for leading us out of the ditch Bush dug for America!!!!!!!!!

Americans are more upbeat about their job prospects and fears of being laid off are subsiding, a new survey shows.


Workers' confidence in the U.S. job market hit a record low after the financial crisis and recent recession, but results of the 2012 General Social Survey indicate an uptick in optimism.

The percentage of Americans who said it would be somewhat or very easy to get a job if they lost their current position increased to 54% last year from 46% in 2010, according to the survey.

In 2012, 11% of adults said it was somewhat or very likely they would lose their job, down from a record high of 16% in 2010.

Experts noted that this increased confidence in the job market could help boost the economic recovery. Layoffs have declined, but hiring remains sluggish in many sectors.

Thursday, the U.S. Labor Department said claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to about 339,000. At the height of the financial crisis in 2009, jobless claims went as high as 670,000.

The General Social Survey, conducted every two years, asked nearly 2,000 adults last year about their financial situation and outlook on the job market.

[u_bin_called]

what a surprise.... you can only celebrate the polls that have to do with "feelings"...

...and a poll of "2000 workers"... wow... that's quite a sampling.. wonder what the 400,000 claiming unemployment benefits feel... or the hundreds of thousands who have given up and are clogging the state university systems...

...meanwhile, the actual numbers are getting closer to BUSH LEVEL numbers from 2007.... remember? that's when Obama was saying Bush was "destroying the economy"...

[ThunderousCommander546]

Yes, it is.

[Blu]

There's no doubt Obama reversed the economic crisis he inherited. The sluggish recovery is MUCH better than the 700,000 jobs being lost a month when he took over.
I like Obama's approach to accelerating the recovery ... too bad the reps get in the way of the measures he proposes.