Australia's most confident workers

After a steep drop in confidence last month, Australia’s workers are starting to become slightly more optimistic. That’s according to LinkedIn’s 11th Workforce Confidence Index — a fortnightly snapshot of sentiment on workers’ ability to get and keep a job, improve their financial situation and advance in their careers. Overall, despite continued concerns over career prospects, respondents scored +22 (on a scale from -100 to +100) on the index — but at +16, female workers are clearly feeling less confident than their male counterparts, who scored +27. Some 61% of female respondents reported feeling increased anxiety due to the pandemic, compared with 46% of men. When it came to working parents, almost half said they alternated duties to provide childcare during the pandemic, with two in five working non-standard hours. Their main challenge was facilitating children’s education at home (57%), followed by being unable to focus on work with kids at home (56%). Women were more likely to feel the burden of caring for children by themselves (23% compared with 14% of men), while men were more likely to feel challenged by juggling responsibilities with their partners (38% compared with 20% of women). More findings: https://lnkd.in/gY_KP3X Do these findings reflect your experiences?

When Australia experienced a recent dip in workforce confidence, part-time employees weren’t too affected — and full-time employees didn’t waver at all. That’s according to LinkedIn’s 11th Workforce Confidence Index, a fortnightly snapshot of sentiment across three areas: workers’ ability to get and keep a job, improve their financial situation and advance in their careers. Self-employed workers, however, became much more concerned about their finances and career prospects, while contractors and the unemployed saw drops in confidence across all key attributes: jobs, finances and career outlook. In July, Australia’s unemployed population was more likely to think incomes and savings would rise in the next six month — with 22% agreeing incomes/wages would increase and 17% forecasting personal savings would go up. Come August, however, and just 12% responded that they believed their incomes/wages would be better off in six months’ time, and only 7% saw a rise in personal savings on the cards. More findings from the #WorkforceConfidenceIndex here: https://lnkd.in/gY_KP3X Do these findings reflect your experiences?