More Americans are on the lookout for jobs in the UK

As the economic outlook grows a little bleaker, some US workers are seeking greener pastures in Britain.

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For many Americans, the nation’s economic vibes have felt a little off recently: inflation expectations are hitting 44-year highs; many believe that their tax rates aren’t fair; some are even tapping into their typically untouched retirement savings to cover costs.

Now, the volatile employment landscape in the US resulting from federal funding cuts has left a handful of American workers thinking, if only there were a country where they wouldn’t need to learn a new language, that offered competitive roles in similar fields, and could maybe relate to some of the effects of their own nation’s trade policies.

According to a new report from Bloomberg, citing data from job search website Indeed, almost 1 in 10 foreign clicks on UK job listings came from the States in the three months to March, as US interest in British jobs surged 2.4% year over year — the biggest increase of any country.

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The article also outlined particularly large bumps in US workers seeking positions in the UK’s management and scientific research and development sectors, which both saw increased shares of interest from the States. Given the current climate, with research grants frozen at Harvard University just this week and DOGE’s continued efforts to cut down federal agencies, boosted interest in both areas begins to make a little more sense.

Still, this isn’t the first time American job seekers have turned to Britain in recent years. Google Trends data shows that searches for “jobs in uk” surged to a four-year peak when election results came in, have been higher than usual since President Trump’s inauguration in January, and also spiked at the end of June 2022, after Roe vs. Wade was overturned.

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If you’ve already made plans for a Mother’s Day gift in advance of this Sunday, congratulations. But if alarm bells are suddenly ringing, consider this a gentle reminder that, like a sizable share of the US population this time of year often does, you can still scrape together some last-minute flowers for the woman who carried you for nine months.

Data from Google Trends reveals that searches for “same day flower delivery” spike in the US in May every year, when Mother’s Day takes place. As we noted last February, the same query also gains traction around Valentine’s Day.

This year, however, it appears that searches for last-minute flowers have remained elevated in the last two months after the usual peak in February — with the search interest this April actually exceeding that seen around Cupid’s Day.

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