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Photographer: Michael Short/Bloomberg By Alexandre Tanzi +Follow May 16, 2023, 4:47 PM UTC Listen to this article 1:38 Share this article Copied Gift this article Subscriber Benefit Bloomberg subscribers can gift up to 5 articles a month for anyone to read, even non-subscribers! Learn more Subscribe Sign In Follow the authors @atanzi + Get alerts forAlexandre Tanzi Can't move, won't move. That's increasingly the approach of Americans who are in the market for a new job. The share of job seekers who relocated to take up a new position fell to 1.6%, the lowest level on record, in the first quarter of 2023, according to a quarterly survey that's been carried out by executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. for decades. 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