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Laid-off workers finding jobs

Of the workers who were laid off in the past year, 60 percent of those have found new jobs, and 88 percent of those are in full-time positions, according to a new Harris Interactive survey.

By Amanda McGrory-Dixon | Updated on August 04, 2011

Of the workers who were laid off in the past year, 60 percent of those found new jobs, and 88 percent of these workers are in full-time positions, according to a survey by Harris Interactive.  

Fifty-six percent of respondents who are still looking for jobs are nervous about returning to the workforce after a prolonged unemployment period. The cited reasons are because of the pressure to prove themselves at 50 percent; the fear of the unknown at 40 percent; and new, unfamiliar technologies at 21 percent.

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