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Human Resources Should Be Busy With Job Prospects Up For Autumn

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U.S. hiring prospects to remain steady

Newscom

U.S. employers expect to end this year as they began, with steady hiring plans, an industry group said Tuesday.

The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, conducted quarterly by Manpower Inc., said that 11 quarters of consistent survey results show that the job market in the United States is not prone to radical swings at this stage.

Even the economic pressures of 2006, such as rising interest rates, energy costs and inflation, were not enough to rattle employer confidence. Employers are also experiencing difficulty in finding skilled people, which is contributing to the moderate hiring plans, said Jeffrey A. Joerres, chief executive of Manpower.

Of the 14,000 U.S. employers surveyed, 28 percent expect to add to their payrolls during the fourth quarter of 2006, while 8 percent expect to reduce staff levels. Fifty-eight percent expect no change in the hiring pace, while 6 percent are undecided about their hiring plans for September through December.

Manpower also said those looking for work are likely to find the strongest job prospects in the West, and the weakest hiring market in the Midwest.

As this article reflects, the job market looks good for this autumn. With a proliferation of jobs, however, there is fewer candidates that will apply for each job, and human resources departments are sometimes pressed to find qualified personnel. This is when Corra warns human resource departments to be cautious with your hiring process.

While you are in need to staff your workplace,don’t allow desperation to replace discrimination where you are hiring high risk candidates. We urge your to always conduct background checks, but with a brisk job market your hr department should consider perhaps adding reports to your standard employment screening routine.

One background check we would suggest, what with the conditions of the world being what they are is the OFAC report, or the Global Terror Report as it is variously known.

Remember, Check them out before you hire.

By Gordon Basichis

Gordon Basichis is the Co-Founder of Corra Group, specializing in pre-employment background checks and corporate research. He has been a marketing and media executive and has worked in the entertainment industry, the financial, health care and technology sectors. He is the author of the best selling Beautiful Bad Girl, The Vicki Morgan Story, a non-fiction novel that helped define exotic sexuality in the late twentieth century. He is the author of the Constant Travellers and has recently completed a new book, The Guys Who Spied for China, dealing with Chinese Espionage in the United States. He has been a journalist for several newspapers and is a screenwriter and producer.