--- description: 30% say now is a good time to find a job, up from 8% in 2010 title: Americans Getting More Optimistic About Job Market image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60c38b10eb3d1f6f/69868c94361760afc090bb16/486268941.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Economy](/tag/economy/) ## Economy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Poll: Americans More Optimistic About Jobs  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Apr 25, 2014 5:55 PM CUT  A woman seeking employment fills out an application at a job fair at the Matrix Center April 23, 2014 in Detroit, Mich. A woman seeking employment fills out an application at a job fair at the Matrix Center April 23, 2014 in Detroit, Mich.Joshua Lott—Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Apr 25, 2014 5:55 PM CUT More Americans are optimistic about the job market this month than at any time since the 2008 financial crisis, according to [a new poll](http://www.gallup.com/poll/168704/americans-quality-jobs-outlook-improves-april.aspx "undefined"), with 30% saying now is a good time to find a quality job. That marks a significant improvement from the 8% who said they were optimistic about the job market in 2010, but it’s still a drop from the pre-2008 highs of almost 50%. And even though almost a third of Americans are optimistic, two-thirds still say the job market is lackluster; 66% of Americans say it’s not a good time to hunt for employment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/77619/poll-americans-more-optimistic-about-jobs/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/77619/poll-americans-more-optimistic-about-jobs/"},"headline":"Poll: Americans More Optimistic About Jobs","datePublished":"2014-04-25T17:55:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:30:43.666Z","description":"30% say now is a good time to find a job, up from 8% in 2010","url":"https://time.com/77619/poll-americans-more-optimistic-about-jobs/","keywords":["Economy","Recovery","Business topic","Job market","Gallup","finance","optimism"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60c38b10eb3d1f6f/69868c94361760afc090bb16/486268941.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60c38b10eb3d1f6f/69868c94361760afc090bb16/486268941.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Job Seekers Look For Work At Career Fair In Detroit","caption":"Job Seekers Look For Work At Career Fair In Detroit","creditText":"Joshua Lott—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/economy/","name":"Economy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/77619/poll-americans-more-optimistic-about-jobs/","name":"Poll: Americans More Optimistic About Jobs"}}]}] ```