WESTBROOK, ME (PRWEB) December 4, 2005

A recent online survey conducted by JobsInVT.com asked job seekers using the site What are the top 6 reasons why you plan to change jobs (in the next 12 months)?

The results of the survey show a large percentage of people who dont see enough of a future to stay in their current position.

Here are the job seekers reasons for leaving:

• 22% – Lack of potential career development in my current job
• 19% – I dont feel valued as an employee
• 18% – I dont feel a sense of accomplishment in my current job
• 15% – I want to work closer to home
• 13% – I am unable to maintain a healthy work/life balance
• 13% – I am asked to take on more responsibility without an increase in pay

What preceded JobsInVT.coms survey was a national survey by Yahoo, which showed that more than 40% of all workers plan on leaving their current position in the next 12 months. Drilling down on a local level, JobsInVT.com found that Vermonters need for career development followed the national trend 44 percent of the Yahoo survey takers also cited a lack of career potential as their reason for leaving.

Eighty percent of the people coming to our site already have jobs, JobsInTheUS.com President Matt Hoffner said. We wanted to give this information back to the employers so that they can do something about it. The easiest thing they can do is keep their current employees.

With new budgets starting in January, Hoffner sees a predictable increase in jobs at the start of the year and record visits to JobsInVT.com. He hopes employers will use the survey information as a tool to improve employee retention.

I hope this helps to reduce attrition in the workforce and help employers keep their good workers as well as attract some new ones, Hoffner said.

About JobsInTheUS.com

Founded in 1999 and privately owned, JobsInTheUS.com is the parent company of the fastest-growing local job Internet sites both in terms of unique visits to the Web sites and number of jobs posted: JobsinME.com with more than 400,000 unique visits monthly and 6,000 job openings in Maine; JobsinNH.com with nearly 200,000 unique visits monthly and over 3,200 job openings in New Hampshire; JobsinVT.com with more than 90,000 unique visits monthly and over 1,300 job openings in Vermont; and JobsInRI.com with more than 96,000 unique visits monthly and nearly 900 job openings in Rhode Island. Headquartered in Westbrook, Maine, the company specializes in state-specific job Internet sites where qualified candidates who want to work in a particular region find a match with local employers – all at a lower cost for employers than other recruiting methods.