For the sixth consecutive month, confidence levels among the American workforce reached pre-recession highs, according to the July Randstad Employee Confidence Index released today. In fact, employees across the nation remain confident about many aspects of the workforce, with the Index remaining virtually unchanged at 56.3 in July (vs. 56.8 in June). This online survey, conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Randstad in July of 2013, included 1,065 employed U.S. adults ages 18 and older.

According to the Randstad July Index, almost half (49%) of employees are confident in their ability to find a new job and more than three-in-five (62%) are confident in the future of their current employer. Three-in-ten (30%) U.S. workers believe the economy is getting stronger.

"Employees continue to show pre-recession levels of confidence throughout the first half of 2013, keeping pace with increases in job gains, home values and stock prices," said Jim Link, managing director, Randstad U.S. "We see a connection between rising consumer confidence levels and increases in leisure and hospitality industry employment – which makes sense. Leisurely activities, vacations and other incidentals are the types of things people typically cut back on during tough times. This, coupled with revisions to previous month's job numbers, seems to be a big contributor to the stability of our Index."

Randstad, the second largest staffing and HR services firm in the world, puts an average of nearly 100,000 people to work in the U.S. each week and has been tracking workforce trends and publishing the U.S. Employee Confidence Index since 2004.