Workers are feeling good these days about their prospects for hitting the boss up for a raise.

This growing confidence on the part of most employees, buoyed by the recovery and sharpened by the ongoing corporate competition for talent, was quantified in a recent survey by HRO Magazine and talent-outsourcing firm Yoh.

The survey, packaged as the "Worker Confidence Index," is done quarterly and is based upon input from 1,000 working adults who are interviewed each month about their level of confidence in the economy and their situations.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.