Hungarian workers feel secure about their jobs

Measured in the previous quarter, 68 points remained unchanged, according to BNP Paribas Cardif and Median's latest labor market survey in March.

According to the insurer's announcement, despite the current halt, there is a tendency to rise over the longer term.

The Quarterly Report reveals that the surveyed have scored 91 points in their confidence in their current job. In the previous two years, this value was 90 and 91 respectively.

Similarly to last year's Q1, 89 points were measured this year for employees feeling confident about their current position.

There is a rising tendency for the chance of re-positioning, this year, this year, this indicator has jumped to 52 this year after 48 and last year's 47.

For men, 78 percent of men and 73 percent of women feel that their career persists for more than five years, and 75 percent of men and 70 percent of women see their position in the current job. 39 percent of men and 33 percent of women said they could find a new job easily or very easily in case of job loss.

The breakdown of the confidence index by age group shows that the age group between 30 and 60 is more optimistic than the other groups, as it reached 69-70 points, compared with the 65 and 60-point index of the 18-29 year-olds. This result does not change significantly compared to previous years.

In industry and commerce, both 69-69 and 66 in the public administration, and 72 in agriculture.

Researchers scored 69 points among Budapest and city dwellers. At the regional level, there is practically no difference between the central, eastern and western parts of the country: 69 in the first region and 68-68 in the other two.

In terms of education, graduates and graduates generally form the most confident group. In the former, the confidence index reached 70 points, the latter 68 points, while the number of skilled workers was 69. They are traditionally lagging behind with 63 points for up to 8 grades.

BNP Paribas Cardif, together with Median, created the index in 2014, based on a personal interview with 1,200 people. The sample represents the adult Hungarian population by age, gender, education and type of settlement.

(Source: marmalade.co.uk; MTI | Image: pixabay.com)