Annual 2025 Job Search Trends Survey
Share your job search experiences in our Annual 2025 Job Search Trends survey for a chance to win a $100 Amazon.com gift card, 3 months of Huntr Pro, and a resume and LinkedIn review. Your insights will help identify emerging employment patterns and inform our comprehensive market report. Takes just 5 minutes to complete.
Which of the following industries best describes the field you work in or are seeking a job in?
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Which of the following industries best describes the field you work in or are seeking a job in?
Which specific role or job title are you seeking a job in?
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What is your current career level, or the level of the position you are pursuing?
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What is your current career level, or the level of the position you are pursuing?
Which of the following best describes your current employment status?
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Which of the following best describes your current employment status?
Country/Region: In which country and city do you currently reside?
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Country/Region: In which country and city do you currently reside?
Community Type: Which best describes the area where you live?
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Community Type: Which best describes the area where you live?
What is your expected annual salary range for the position you are seeking?
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What is your expected annual salary range for the position you are seeking?
Which generation cohort do you belong to?
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Which generation cohort do you belong to?
What is your gender identity?
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What is your gender identity?
How long have you been searching for a job?
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How long have you been searching for a job?
What is your preferred work location?
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What is your preferred work location?
What’s the biggest red flag during a job search?
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What’s the biggest red flag during a job search?
Applications and Interviews
Has LinkedIn Easy Apply led to at least one interview for you in 2025?
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Has LinkedIn Easy Apply led to at least one interview for you in 2025?
How often have you experienced ghosting after an interview?
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How often have you experienced ghosting after an interview?
Have you ever been asked any of these illegal or inappropriate questions during an interview?
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Have you ever been asked any of these illegal or inappropriate questions during an interview?
During interviews in the past 12 months, how often were you asked to complete unpaid assignments, projects, or test tasks?
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During interviews in the past 12 months, how often were you asked to complete unpaid assignments, projects, or test tasks?
In 2025, did an employer withdraw a job offer after extending it to you?
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In 2025, did an employer withdraw a job offer after extending it to you?
Resume and Qualifications
Have you ever removed or reduced experience to look less overqualified?
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Have you ever removed or reduced experience to look less overqualified?
Do you feel you’ve been discriminated against or unfairly judged because of an employment gap?
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Do you feel you’ve been discriminated against or unfairly judged because of an employment gap?
If yes, What was the reason for the gap?
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If yes, What was the reason for the gap?
Who do you think reads your resume first?
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Who do you think reads your resume first?
What financial hardships have you faced as a result of your job search?
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What financial hardships have you faced as a result of your job search?
How worried are you that a recession would affect your ability to land or keep a job in the next six months?
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How worried are you that a recession would affect your ability to land or keep a job in the next six months?
Do you think the job market will be better in 2026 than it was in 2025?
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Do you think the job market will be better in 2026 than it was in 2025?
How long could you financially survive without a job?
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How long could you financially survive without a job?
What salary range would make you feel like you’re rich?
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What salary range would make you feel like you’re rich?
Have you lowered your salary expectations in 2025, and if so, by how much?
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Have you lowered your salary expectations in 2025, and if so, by how much?
Cybersecurity and Job Scams
How much money have you lost from a job scam?
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How much money have you lost from a job scam?
Which job platform have you experienced the most scams on?
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Which job platform have you experienced the most scams on?
How much do you trust that most online job postings are legitimate, good-faith openings (not scams, ghost jobs, or data-harvesting listings)?
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How much do you trust that most online job postings are legitimate, good-faith openings (not scams, ghost jobs, or data-harvesting listings)?
Would you be open to using AI to exaggerate or misrepresent parts of your resume if it increased your chances of getting an interview?
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Would you be open to using AI to exaggerate or misrepresent parts of your resume if it increased your chances of getting an interview?
Do you think AI could replace your job?
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Do you think AI could replace your job?
Have you ever received a rejection from an AI in your job search?
Have you ever received a rejection from an AI in your job search?
How often do you use AI?
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Would you accept a job offer from a company whose entire hiring process was AI?
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Would you accept a job offer from a company whose entire hiring process was AI?
Have you ever lost your job because of AI or automation?
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Have you ever lost your job because of AI or automation?
Which statement best describes your use of AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, AI resume builders) in your current job search?
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Which statement best describes your use of AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, AI resume builders) in your current job search?
How do you feel about using AI as a tool at work?
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How do you feel about using AI as a tool at work?
What are your thoughts on one-way AI interviews?
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What are your thoughts on one-way AI interviews?
Overall Job Search Challenges
It’s time to vent, tell hiring managers what it’s like to be a job seeker in 2025, and how they could make your experience better
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For completing this survey, you can be entered in a draw to win a $100 Amazon.com gift card, a free resume and LinkedIn review, and a 3-month subscription to Huntr Pro. 10 runner-ups will get a free 3-month subscription to Huntr Pro. If you'd like to be entered, please provide your email address. Only one entry per job seeker, multiple entries to increase odds of winning will be removed and banned from the draw.
