Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. It seems like they are on the mind of many Americans. Luckily, CareerBuilder has good news for job seekers. In the first quarter of this year, employers reported the highest hiring increase since the recession began.
CareerBuilder recently released their jobs forecast for the second quarter of 2012 (Q2 2012). This survey of more than 2,000 hiring managers and HR professionals found that hiring plans in the U.S. are finally getting back to pre-recession levels. In the first quarter of this year, one-third of employers added full-time, permanent employees. And things are only looking up.
Check out some of the findings from the survey:
Hiring in Q2 2012
- 30% of employers plan to increase their full-time, permanent head count in the second quarter, up from 28% last year
- 6% expect to downsize staffs, about the same as last year
- 58% anticipate no change in hiring
There is increased competition for talent among employers.
- 56% of employers who recruited for positions in the last year reported that a candidate rejected a job offer from their organization
- 41% attributed the rejection to their inability to provide the candidate’s desired salary
- 22% said they didn’t offer the position quickly enough and the candidate was already hired somewhere else
Temporary hiring is up.
- 37% of employers reported they hired contract or temporary workers in the first quarter, up from 29% last year
- Nearly one-in-four (24 percent) are planning to transition some contract or temporary staff into permanent employees in the second quarter, up from 17 percent last year
Employers are looking…
- 31% of employers currently have jobs for which they can’t find qualified employees, up from 24% last year
What about compensation?
- 31% of employers anticipate no change in salary levels in the second quarter
- 42% expect an increase of 3% or less, 17% expect their average changes to be between four and 10 percent and 3% predict an increase of 10% or more
- 3% of respondents expect a decrease in salaries
For more information on CareerBuilder’s survey, visit careerbuilder.com.
Is your company hiring more workers in the second quarter? What do you think about the survey’s findings?
