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Employment and Job prospects – Recently unemployed

19 May 2020

Q. Once the Covid-19 outbreak is over and restrictions are eased, how long do you think it will be before you are back in paid work?

THOSE WHO LOST WORK DUE TO COVID-19 (n=134)

  TOTAL
I don’t think I’ll find paid work again 10%
I think it will take a long time for me to find paid work 36%
I don’t think I’ll be back straight away but I’m confident I’ll find paid work fairly quickly 36%
I’ll be back in paid work straight away 18%
I won’t be looking for paid work after the restrictions are eased 1%
Base (n) 134
  • Less than one in five of those who have been made unemployed since Covid-19 think they’ll be back in work straight away (18%).
  • 36% think it will take them a long time to find paid work and 10% think they may not find paid work again.
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