Manpower Employment Outlook Survey Reveals Increase in U.S. Employers' Hiring Plans for 3rd Quarter

[Purveyor]

Source: MarketWatch

MILWAUKEE, June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Hiring confidence among U.S. employers continues to inch up as all states, regions and industries surveyed report a positive Net Employment Outlook, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today by ManpowerGroup. The seasonally adjusted survey results show the Net Employment Outlook for Quarter 3 2012 is +11%, slightly up from +10% during Quarter 2 2012 and +8% during the same period last year.

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This quarter's research concludes:

Employer Confidence Builds: Quarter 3 2012 marks the first double-digit Net Employment Outlook across all four regions since 2008.

92 Percent of Companies Expect Similar or Growing Staff Levels: According to seasonally adjusted data, 92 percent of U.S. employers plan to increase or make no changes to their hiring in Quarter 3 2012. The continued climb in confidence marks 11 straight quarters of positive overall hiring Outlook, which were preceded by three quarters of pessimistic employment plans.

Positive Trend Continues Across U.S.: Hiring intentions continue to climb in the U.S. with employers in all 50 states expecting to add staff. With two consecutive quarters of strong results, Alaska remains a leader among the states. Alaskan employers have shown a significant increase in hiring intentions since Quarter 1 2012 when the Outlook was +1% compared with +29% in Quarter 3 2012. All 100 Metropolitan Statistical Areas surveyed also report positive hiring intentions.


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[denverbill]

1. That's going to have Mitt Rmoney crying in his chablis. n/t

[DaveJ]

2. Nice, but I'm not a fan of temp services

Last I checked they pay about the same they paid 12 years ago, about $10 for basic clerical work, less for warehouse work, no health insurance, no benefits whatsoever to most, and they actually make bank on doing this, being rewarded for stalling careers. If businesses would just do their own hiring, like they did before these services existed, things would be much better, IMHO.

[Purveyor]

3. I stumbled into a career of litigation support due to a temp job back in the mid-80's. While they

do take a huge cut of your pay, they are wonderful for getting you into places and exposing you to different challenges that one couldn't do on their own. I had never heard of "litigation support" before this. Starting out making $7hr and by the end of my career (no longer with a temp agency), was billing at $125hr.

I know several 'career temps' that won't work any other place. They love the change and variety of different jobs with the luxury of being able to leave a task when ready.

[DaveJ]

4. I guess I was unlucky, or they just didn't like me personally.

I never ran into anyone who got benefits. I did see one get hired once, out of about 30 people, she was the one because she was bilingual. Perhaps things have changed a little since the 80s. Theoretically, it should be a stepping stone, and maybe things used to be that way, a little fairer, but I think now it is more often just a way to get out of obligations they would have with regular employees, and the client businesses have no intention of treating temps like their regular staff ever.

Of course that's just my experience, out of millions.