People are feeling less confident about their chances of finding or keeping a job right now, and honestly, it tracks. Layoffs are still happening, hiring feels slower, and companies seem more hesitant to take risks on new hires. If you’re job searching right now, how are you handling it? Does this line up with what you’re seeing? And for those who’ve been through longer job hunts, what’s your best advice for staying motivated and landing something solid when the market feels unpredictable?

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I'm ostensibly searching for a better job, but not much is happening. I'd been planning to make a career move in the first half of this year, and I'm thinking that's just not going to happen. I'm lucky as I'm currently employed, so as long as I don't get caught up in the contagion of layoffs I'll be okay. But all this chaos is definitely changing what I had hoped to do between New Year's and spring.

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This is 100% tracking. I got laid off recently and have been trying to find the next thing. Normally this is just a mild annoyance. But right now it feels more like live or die. Not only when I had my last job, everyday felt like it was the last day. Our world is more fluid than ever. Anyone can get fired at anytime for any reason.

I am not currently looking and it’s mostly only because the state of the job market right now. I am sitting tight and taking my stability, it just doesn’t seem worth the risk right now to jump.

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