Career & Jobs Infographics

Seeking employment can be a difficult pursuit, with average searches lasting nearly six months. A new Qualtrics survey pinpoints the areas of the U.S. where the most job-searching activity was logged. If you’re searching in Alaska, Idaho, or California, you’ll have plenty of company. These states had the most job-seeking activity.

Qualtrics released a map that provides important insight into the world economy. It displays the unemployment rates in every country in the world. Their findings reveal that the country with the healthiest job market is Qatar, with a worldwide-low unemployment rate of .13%. Qatar’s impressive unemployment rate is likely due to its thriving economy, rich in petroleum and natural gas, which employs a large number of people.

Technology has transformed the self-employed workforce in America, creating new roles and new fields of work alongside revolutionizing the way people work in traditional careers. The Ooma team examined the rates of self-employment over time, including gig work on platforms like DoorDash, Uber, and Instacart.

In 2022, nearly 3 million Americans worked as customer service representatives. The team at Qualtrics took a closer look at this role with a study examining which industries hire the most customer service reps. This job can entail a wide range of tasks and expectations, but there is no doubt that they’re integral to the success of many businesses.

The team at Qualtrics gathered data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to discover the most common jobs by age group. The results can show us how experience, education, and life’s changing needs shift workers’ priorities over time, with data showing us plenty of fascinating insights about the American workforce.

The team at Qualtrics released a new map illustrating the percentage of time residents in each state spent working over the past year. A color-coding scale shows that all states with sufficient data spent between 16% and 27% of their time working.

Self-employment is an alternative career path that offers its own benefits and complications. Here are thirty facts and statistics about self-employment reveal the prevalence of this work style, its unique benefits and challenges, and the attitudes of workers toward self-employment.

A new study from Madison Trust Company shows the countries with the highest minimum wages and the most considerable minimum wage increases in recent years. Studies show that the countries with a higher minimum wage requirement have happier citizens.

The Covid-19 pandemic changed the work landscape completely, making it necessary for workers to stay at home and work there if possible. As working from home became the new normal, many workers and businesses found that they favored this style of work and carried on even after pandemic guidelines were lifted.

Feminists have tried to move the needle on the gender wage gap for decades. Ever since women entered the workforce, they’ve faced the issue of lower pay compared to their male counterparts. New data from the team at Qualtrics shows us that in many areas around the country, we’re making progress, but in others we’ve regressed.