Not so long ago, employees desperately clung to jobs, due toconcerns about the economic downturn and high unemployment.However, the Q1 Glassdoor.com Employment Confidence Survey suggeststhis trend may be starting to erode.

In a survey conducted among 2,045 U.S. adults age 18 yearsand older, Glassdoor.com found that 40 percent of those polledbelieve it’s “likely” they could find a new job matched to theirexperience and compensation levels within six months if they losttheir job right now. This result represents the highest percentagein six quarters.

The survey, conducted by Harris Interactive, also pointed outthat roughly one-third of those polled were uncertain they couldfind a new job matched to skills and compensation levels in asix-month period, while 28 percent believed it “unlikely” theycould do so.

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