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Labor Market Sentiment & Job Security Survey

Tracks how workers and job seekers currently perceive the labor market — job security, satisfaction with their current role, and what would make them stay or leave — for HR teams, economists, and workforce researchers. An AI follow-up interview digs into the real story behind stated reasons for staying or considering a move.

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13 questions · ~7 min
Q01
Message

Thanks for taking part in this labor market check-in! We're asking about your current job situation, how secure you feel, and what matters most in a job right now. Takes about 6 minutes, and there's no wrong answer.

Q02
Multiple ChoiceRequired

Which best describes your current employment status?

  • Employed full-time
  • Employed part-time
  • Self-employed / freelance
  • Unemployed, looking for work
  • Unemployed, not looking
  • Student
  • Retired
Q03
Opinion ScaleRequired

How confident are you that you (or, if unemployed, your household) will have stable income over the next 6 months?

Scale: 0 – 10
Min:Not at all confidentMax:Completely confident
Q04
Multiple Choice

In the last 30 days, how actively have you searched for a new job?

  • Not searching at all
  • Casually browsing listings
  • Actively applying to a few roles
  • Actively applying and interviewing regularly
Q05
Matrix

If you're currently employed, how satisfied are you with each aspect of your job? (Skip if not currently employed.)

6 rows × 5 columns
  • Compensation and pay increases
  • Job security
  • Work-life balance
  • Opportunities for growth or promotion
  • Support from direct manager
  • +1 more
Columns: Very dissatisfied · Dissatisfied · Neutral · Satisfied · Very satisfied
Q06
Best–Worst Trade-off (MaxDiff)Required

When you think about what makes a job worth taking or keeping, which of these matters most and which matters least to you?

  • Base compensation
  • Job security / stability
  • Flexible or remote work options
  • Career growth opportunities
  • Health and retirement benefits
  • Company culture and values
  • Commute or location
  • Work-life balance
Pick best & worst per setBest:Matters mostWorst:Matters least
Q07
Point AllocationRequired

Thinking about your current job situation (or your last job if unemployed), distribute 100 points across these reasons based on how much each drives your decision to stay, leave, or search elsewhere.

  • Pay is below what I could get elsewhere
  • Concerns about job security or layoffs
  • Lack of growth or advancement
  • Poor management or leadership
  • Desire for better flexibility/remote options
  • Nothing pushing me to leave
Allocate 100 points
Q08
AI Interview

Probe the respondent's biggest single reason for staying, leaving, or searching, anchoring on whatever factor they weighted most heavily in the point allocation. Ask for a specific recent example or moment that crystallized how they feel (a pay review, a layoff announcement, a rejected raise request, a good/bad manager interaction). If they said job security is a concern, ask what signals at their company or industry made them feel that way, and whether they've taken any concrete action (updating resume, networking, applying) as a result.

Q09
Multiple Choice

What industry do you currently work in, or most recently worked in?

  • Technology
  • Healthcare
  • Retail / hospitality
  • Manufacturing
  • Finance / insurance
  • Education
  • Government / public sector
  • Other
  • Prefer not to say
Q10
Multiple Choice

What is your age range?

  • Under 25
  • 25–34
  • 35–44
  • 45–54
  • 55–64
  • 65 or older
  • Prefer not to say
Q11
Multiple Choice

What is the highest level of education you've completed?

  • High school or less
  • Some college, no degree
  • Associate degree
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Graduate or professional degree
  • Prefer not to say
Q12
Multiple Choice

Which range best describes your total annual household income?

  • Under $30,000
  • $30,000–$59,999
  • $60,000–$89,999
  • $90,000–$119,999
  • $120,000 or more
  • Prefer not to say
Q13
Message

That's everything — thank you for the honest look at your job situation. Your responses feed into aggregated labor market reporting that helps us understand what workers are actually experiencing right now; no individual answers are shared with employers.

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

How it compares

We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.

Why this template

  • Includes an AI follow-up interview that probes each respondent's real reason for staying, leaving, or job searching, rather than stopping at a pre-set multiple-choice reason
  • Combines quantitative measures (opinion scale for job security confidence, matrix for satisfaction by aspect, max-diff for what matters most, constant-sum for tradeoff allocation) with open AI-driven follow-up for richer context
  • Captures job search activity, industry, age, education, and household income for segmentation by HR teams, economists, and workforce researchers
  • Uses transparent, viewable prompts and auto-generated reports so researchers can audit exactly how the AI follow-up was conducted

SurveySparrow

Labor Market Survey Template

This is a directly comparable, fielding-ready template covering labor market perceptions, similar to QuestionPunk's focus. It appears to rely on standard static question types (likely multiple choice, rating scales) without any adaptive interviewing layer. Good for quick fielding but not for probing beyond scripted questions.

What it does well

  • Purpose-built labor market template, ready to deploy
  • Likely benefits from SurveySparrow's broader survey distribution and reporting tools
  • Established survey platform with general market-research credibility

Where it falls short

  • No adaptive AI follow-up interview to dig into the 'why' behind a respondent's stated job security or search behavior
  • No indication of voice AI interviews or guided screen-share tasks
  • No published prompt-level methodology or automated per-response quality scoring

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