A recent survey has found that despite gloomy stories that UK job creation has fallen to a three year low, British workers are feeling very positive about their job security.
Legal & General's new quarterly Job Security Index found that Brits' confidence in their future job prospects is strong across the board. Working adults employed in full time employment are slightly more confident about their job security (77%) than those engaged in part time employment (67%), but the overall message would appear to be that people are not currently worried about their job security or risk of redundancy.
Just 3% of the workers questioned for the Job Security Index believe that they are currently at risk of unemployment and less than one in ten (8%) say they are looking for a new post which can offer them better job security. Around 29% believe that their current job is so secure that they are not actively looking for other jobs.
The survey also asked UK workers what they would do if they were to lose their job. Nearly three in ten, 28%, UK workers said they would consider starting their own business and 37% said they'd consider working on a self-employed basis as a contractor or freelancer.
Workers in Northern Ireland were the most likely to consider starting their own business (31%), followed by those in the West Midlands (30%) saying that they would consider this as an option. Over half (55%) of all respondents said that they would consider working part time if they were to lose their job.