Americans Feeling Better About Their Job Hunt
Employees wait to greet job seekers during a Kroger Co. Hiring Fair at one of the company's grocery stores in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014.
Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg'Americans' employment outlook has returned to pre-Great Recession levels, with the highest number of people expressing a positive outlook about the job market since November 2007.
Thirty-six percent of respondents said now is a "good time" to find a "quality job" in December, up six percentage points from last month, according to a Gallup survey released on Monday. While 61 percent of people believe it's a bad time to find a job, those numbers have also declined, from 66 percent in November and 73 percent in December 2013.
Gallup has asked respondents the job question since 2001. The high-water mark for people believing it was a "good time" to find a good job was 48 percent in January 2007. The lowest was 8 percent, most recently in November 2011.