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Most Indians pessimistic about job market: poll
Most of the world, including India, was pessimistic about the job market last year with 57% of adults saying it was a bad time to find a job, according to a new Gallup survey.
Most of the world, including India, was pessimistic about the job market last year with 57% of adults saying it was a bad time to find a job, according to a new Gallup survey.
Only one-third of the people said it was a good time, the leading US opinion poll organisation said on Monday releasing the results of Gallup surveys conducted in 146 countries in 2011.
Indians were only a little more optimistic than the average adult worldwide with 52% saying it was a bad time and only 36% saying it was a good time. Europeans were the most pessimistic, with 72% saying it was a bad time. Optimism was highest in the Americas, where a still dismal 38% said it was a good time.
Oil-rich West Asian nations took four of the top spots; Saudi Arabia and Oman led internationally with 69% of residents saying it was a good time to find a job, despite relatively high unemployment rates.
Six of the 10 countries with the most negative outlooks were EU countries, with Greeks and the Irish nearly universally saying it was a bad time to find a job. Residents in eight of the world’s 10 largest economies did not think it was a good time to find a job in 2011. Brazil and Germany were the two bright spots in an otherwise gloomy outlook; about half of residents in each country said it was a good time to find a job.
Results are based on telephone and face-to-face interviews with approximately 1,000 adults per country, aged 15 and older, Gallup said.
