Despite economic uncertainty, half of Canadian workers plan to look for a new job in the first six months of 2023, according to the latest biannual Job Optimism Survey by business consulting firm Robert Half, released December 2022.
This is up from the firm’s survey in June 2022 that suggested 31 percent of Canadians were planning to look for a new job in the second half of 2022 or were already looking for one.
The latest survey, from December 2022, for the fourth time in a row found that money was the top reason for workers wanting to change jobs, indicated by 62 percent of respondents. The next biggest motivators were the desire for better benefits and perks (39 percent), better opportunities for advancement (30 percent), and more flexibility in when and where they work (27 percent)….