{"id":1355,"date":"2007-12-27T13:46:36","date_gmt":"2007-12-27T19:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/12\/hiring-continues-to-expand-in-2008\/"},"modified":"2007-12-26T11:48:50","modified_gmt":"2007-12-26T17:48:50","slug":"hiring-continues-to-expand-in-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/12\/hiring-continues-to-expand-in-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring Continues To Expand In 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No real surprises from this <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2007\/12\/26\/news\/economy\/hiring_outlook\/index.htm?section=money_news_economy\">CNNMoney.com article<\/a> (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Employers are trimming their hiring plans but still expect to add workers in 2008, according to a survey released Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Online job search site CareerBuilder.com said its survey of 3,016 hiring managers and human resource professionals in the private sector found that <strong>32 percent of companies plan to increase the number of full-time, permanent employees in the upcoming year<\/strong>. A year ago, 40 percent said they expected to add staff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Slow, steady growth is an ideal situation.\u00a0 The hiring trend has been on such a torrid pace that finding strong candidates has become an extended process.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve thought for the past year that a slight slowdown would be helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No real surprises from this CNNMoney.com article (emphasis mine): Employers are trimming their hiring plans but still expect to add workers in 2008, according to a survey released Wednesday. Online job search site CareerBuilder.com said its survey of 3,016 hiring managers and human resource professionals in the private sector found that 32 percent of companies plan to increase the number of full-time, permanent employees in the upcoming year. A year ago, 40 percent said they expected to add staff. Slow, steady growth is an ideal situation.\u00a0 The hiring trend has been on such a torrid pace that finding strong candidates has become an extended process.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve thought for the past&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/12\/hiring-continues-to-expand-in-2008\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[132,50],"class_list":["post-1355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-trends","tag-2008-hiring","tag-hiring-trend"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-lR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1623,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/hiring-on-the-rebound\/","url_meta":{"origin":1355,"position":0},"title":"Hiring On The Rebound","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"June 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The hiring outlook from the Manpower survey looks far better than a year ago which is a good sign.\u00a0 Although there is weakness in areas, the hiring trend is still positive: \u201cWhile overall softness continues in the third quarter, employers are generally not reacting with large-scale payroll reductions,\u201d said Jeffrey\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":497,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/twin-cities-hiring-trend\/","url_meta":{"origin":1355,"position":1},"title":"Twin Cities&#8217; Hiring Trend","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 12, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"I never put much stock in these types of surveys, but the local Pioneer Press reports on the recent Manpower survey: Twin Cities employers expect to hire at a sluggish pace during the first quarter of 2007, a Manpower employment survey found. 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The title sounds a dire alarm, but there\u00a0 is an interesting quote within the article: Jonas Prising, president of Manpower North America, characterized\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1842,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/01\/an-alternative-trend\/","url_meta":{"origin":1355,"position":4},"title":"An Alternative Trend","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"January 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"We get many press releases every day that mainly announce new products.\u00a0 However, I did get one from CareerBuilder.com that was fairly interesting.\u00a0 The topic is sales hiring in 2009 and, not surprisingly, many companies are going to be \"cautious.\" The format is basically a survey of 2009 trends and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring Salespeople&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring Salespeople","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/hiring-salespeople\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2191,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/12\/a-real-economic-prediction\/","url_meta":{"origin":1355,"position":5},"title":"A Real-World Economic Prediction","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"December 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"This story from abcnews.com carries some weight in terms of a real economic forecast.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t good: More of America's largest companies will shrink their staffs than will hire in the next six months, according to the latest survey of their CEOs. 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