According to the Labor Department, the rate of workers quitting their jobs remained steady for the month of March. At 1.6% for both February and March, the number of workers quitting is higher than in 2009, but is still below the average since 2000 of 1.9%. Economists use the rate as a measure of how confident workers are in their ability to find another job. The report also found that the number of open jobs rose by 172,000 in March, to 3.7 million, the highest level since July of 2008.
See "Rate of U.S. workers quitting jobs flat in March", Chicago Tribune, May 7, 2012