Bad news for recruiters: Looks like the shaky economy has many employees thinking now is not the right time to take a job with a new company.

A majority of workers (79%) don’t want to switch employers any time soon, according to a recent survey by CareerBuilder and USA Today. (41% said they’re staying where they are until they retire, while 38% said they plan to keep their current jobs for at least the next year.)

Those numbers coincide with a drop in the number of companies that plan to hire — only 23% said they’re adding full-time employees within the next three months. That’s down from 25% when the same survey was conducted in July.

The employees’ plans could be good news from a retention perspective. But for companies that are hiring, the uncertainty may make it tough to convince prospective hires that the move to a new job is the right choice.

Tags: CareerBuilder, Economy, Hiring, Retention