Relocation

Published August 16, 2024 Challenger Relocation Report Job seekers’ relocating for new jobs rose to 2.7% in the second quarter, up from 2.1% in the first quarter* and 2.4% in the same quarter last year. While the rate is rising

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Published May 16, 2024 Challenger Relocation Report May 2024 Job seekers’ relocating for new jobs fell to 1.5% in the final quarter of 2023, the lowest level on record as interest rates remained high and housing inventory low. However, in

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Published May 16, 2023 Job seekers’ relocating for new jobs fell to the lowest level on record in the first quarter of 2023, as employers continue to offer remote and hybrid positions and job seekers become unwilling to move for

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Published July 29, 2022 2.8% of Job Seekers Relocated For Positions in Q2 Job seekers’ relocating for new jobs fell to the lowest level on record in the second quarter, as employers continue to offer remote and hybrid positions to

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Move to a New City for Work? No Thanks Job seekers are hesitating to relocate, a trend accelerated by the pandemic but also related to family and financial factors PUBLISHED June 6, 2021  By Rachel Feintzeig READ THE FULL ARTICLE

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Published December 23, 2020 Economy Reopened & Companies Declared Work From Home the New Normal After spiking to 7.5% in the second quarter due to the shutdown orders precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the relocation rate of job seekers fell

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Original Article "The share of job seekers relocating has fallen dramatically since the late 1980s, when more than a third moved to take new opportunities elsewhere, according to surveys from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. In the 1990s,

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Relocation for Work at Historic Lows Published August 16, 2018 TREND OF FALLING RELOCATION RATE COULD BE DUE TO TIGHT LABOR MARKET, NEW TECH The percentage of job seekers relocating for new employment has fallen dramatically since the late 1980s,

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The current outlook for rural employers and employees seems bleak. With technology eliminating many jobs, much of the rural talent is moving to cities as a means of finding better job prospects, leaving companies scrambling to employ and retain talented

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Relocation rates held steady in 2016 and the first quarter of 2017. While employment prospects are strong this year, it is not easy to find jobs in certain places across the country, according to a new report on relocation with

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Challenger Releases Midyear 2016 Relocation Report More Job Seekers Relocating PUBLISHED August 2, 2016 LABOR SHORTAGES COMPEL COMPANIES TO SEEK OUT-OF-TOWN TALENT The percentage of job seekers moving for new employment increased slightly in the first half of 2016, according

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FEWER JOB SEEKERS MOVING FOR NEW POSITIONS Published August 16, 2018 Better local job markets drive down relocations Relocation among job seekers, which reached a post-recession high in the second half of 2014, fell back down to Earth in 2015

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