{"id":1510,"date":"2008-04-10T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2008-04-10T15:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/04\/q2-hiring-to-remain-consistent\/"},"modified":"2008-04-10T09:24:41","modified_gmt":"2008-04-10T14:24:41","slug":"q2-hiring-to-remain-consistent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/04\/q2-hiring-to-remain-consistent\/","title":{"rendered":"Q2 Hiring To Remain Consistent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That title probably got your attention.\u00a0 The economy is completely dynamic so things can change, but the quarterly <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.recruitingtrends.com\/online\/news\/892-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS\">CareerBuilder.com\/Harris Interactive survey<\/a> came back with some surprising results (my editing).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The job loss reported in the first quarter signified a gradual deceleration in recruitment in the U.S. as the nation&#8217;s economy downshifted,&#8221; says CEO, Matt Ferguson. &#8220;In the next three months, employers anticipate marginal change in their hiring pace. While some industries are experiencing a contraction in employment levels, areas such as information technology, healthcare, professional and business services and sales continue to add full-time jobs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;29% of employers state plans to grow their number of full-time, permanent employees from April through June, while 59% anticipate no change, and 6% expect to decrease headcount.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite all of the &#8220;sky is falling&#8221; forecasts, we are blessed with a fairly robust economy, even when it is in a down cycle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That title probably got your attention.\u00a0 The economy is completely dynamic so things can change, but the quarterly CareerBuilder.com\/Harris Interactive survey came back with some surprising results (my editing). &#8220;The job loss reported in the first quarter signified a gradual deceleration in recruitment in the U.S. as the nation&#8217;s economy downshifted,&#8221; says CEO, Matt Ferguson. &#8220;In the next three months, employers anticipate marginal change in their hiring pace. While some industries are experiencing a contraction in employment levels, areas such as information technology, healthcare, professional and business services and sales continue to add full-time jobs.&#8221; &#8230;29% of employers state plans to grow their number of full-time, permanent employees from April&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/04\/q2-hiring-to-remain-consistent\/\">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":[527,529,526,528],"class_list":["post-1510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-trends","tag-careerbuilder-forecast","tag-employment","tag-hiring-forecast","tag-job-hiring"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-om","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1623,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/hiring-on-the-rebound\/","url_meta":{"origin":1510,"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":2300,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2010\/03\/2010-hiring-trends\/","url_meta":{"origin":1510,"position":1},"title":"2010 Hiring Trends","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"March 31, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Herman Group newsletter: According to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Surveys, the US will have a year-over-year increase of about five percent with a record-tying 73 percent of employers keeping staff levels stable. Twelve of the 13 industry sectors surveyed report positive net employment outlooks, meaning employers in\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":1940,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2009\/03\/find-the-15\/","url_meta":{"origin":1510,"position":2},"title":"Find The 15%","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"March 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"CNNMoney.com provides this article regarding 2009 hiring.\u00a0 As you may expect, hiring is down and it appears more cuts are coming soon: Of the 31,800 employers surveyed, only 15% anticipate hiring more employees during the second quarter, down from 16% in the first quarter and 26% in the same period\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":1758,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/10\/hiring-trends-for-q4-of-2008\/","url_meta":{"origin":1510,"position":3},"title":"Q4 Job Forecast","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"October 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Recruiting Trends provides a summary of CareerBuilder and USA Today's Q4 Job Forecast and there are some interesting trends.\u00a0\u00a0First, according to the survey workers are postponing active job searches but are open to a change if the right one comes along.\u00a0 Of the 6,100 workers surveyed, 38% are planning to\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":1176,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/09\/hiring-outlook-still-strong\/","url_meta":{"origin":1510,"position":4},"title":"Hiring Outlook Still Strong","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"September 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The hiring outlook for the remainder of the year is being bandied about by the media, but the latest Manpower survey paints a fairly clear picture of a strong market: Of the 14,000 U.S. employers surveyed, 27% expect to increase their workforces during the fourth quarter of 2007, while 9%\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":1744,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/10\/q4-hiring-stats\/","url_meta":{"origin":1510,"position":5},"title":"Q4 Hiring Stats","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"October 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I think it is safe to say that predictions in this economy are difficult AT BEST to make accurately.\u00a0 However, CareerBuilder has come out with their Q4 hiring forecast that contains some interesting information: HIRING IN Q4 2008 Going forward, 23 percent of employers plan to add full-time, permanent employees\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":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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