As business conditions continue to improve, more attention needs to be paid to retention to keep the big wheels from falling off the cart.

More employees are job-shopping this year than last, a Monster.com survey found. They’re dusting up their resumes, powering up their social media profiles, and networking. All this activity is happening despite the survey’s finding that most employees say they are satisfied with their current job.

But, as they say, the grass, and the money, is greener in someone else’s pasture. So with business booming, employees are casting about for the perfect gig.

Monster.com reports that younger workers are the most mobile, with 79 percent of those 25 to 44 years of age having worked for six years or less for their current employer.

“Not only are 25-44 year olds looking to switch it up more frequently, they are finding job opportunities in different places than those in previous generations,” Monster said. The survey showed that, among that age group:

76 percent are likely to update their social media profiles when searching for a new job;
69 percent are networking on social sites for potential employment;
68 percent are reviewing job listings on social media sites.

The most stable, of course, are the baby boomers. Seven in 10 said they’d been getting their paychecks from the same employer for more than six years. Mobility drops off slightly for those in the 45-54 age bracket, where 52 percent report being at the same place for more than six years.

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Strong economy motivates younger workers to job hunt

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