We have had some positive jobs news more recently, so this makes sense. The jobs news isn't great - we're still well below where we were before the crash - but improvement is still improvement no matter how little. Some are saying that the problems in Europe won't carry over to the US but that sounds like wishful thinking. We're much too interconnected not to have an impact. But for now, the mood is good.
Randstad, a human resources firm, has a monthly Employee Confidence Index that started moving up three months ago. It hit 48 in November versus 45.6 the month before — not yet at the breakeven level of 50, but getting close.
At the same time, Randstad says the percentage of U.S. workers who believe the economy is getting weaker fell below 50 percent in November, to 45 percent.
More workers believe they won't be fired, the survey shows. One in three plans to change jobs in 2012.
