{"id":10842,"date":"2026-07-29T07:13:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=10842"},"modified":"2026-07-29T07:14:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T11:14:50","slug":"workers-are-confident-in-their-skills-despite-economic-jitters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerryhannon.com\/?p=10842","title":{"rendered":"Workers are confident in their skills despite economic jitters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Workers aren’t just waiting for the economy to improve \u2014 they’re also betting on their skills.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Despite a stagnant job market, the looming doom of AI potentially replacing them, and persistent worries about pending layoffs, roughly 7 in 10 workers report high confidence that their skills would be valuable in roles at other organizations and would make them competitive in the job market, according to the Global Employee Monitor, a\u00a0report<\/a> published recently by SHRM.<\/p>\n

Add to that this overwhelming swagger: More than 8 in 10 US workers boast that they “adapt effectively to changes in priorities, processes, or work environments, and that the quality of their work exceeds expectations.”<\/p>\n

“Workers are quite confident in their capabilities despite technological changes and the economic uncertainty that’s been permeating,” James Atkinson, vice president of thought leadership at SHRM, told Yahoo Finance.<\/p>\n

“They are focused on the things that they can control,” he said. “They can’t control how the overall economy is shifting, the uncertainty, the ups and downs of that, but they’re optimistic about their own abilities.”<\/p>\n

SHRM surveyed 10,789 workers across 26 countries from January to June. Participants were at least 18 years old and employed either full-time or part-time at organizations across a range of industries.<\/p>\n

Read on Yahoo Finance<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n