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Report: U.S. employers to ease hiring
MILWAUKEE — U.S. employers plan to ease hiring this spring, a quarterly employment-outlook survey from the Manpower Inc. employment agency reported Tuesday.
“A look at the last three quarters of survey data suggests that employers are shifting into neutral when it comes to hiring,” Chairman Jeffrey Joerres said. “Companies expect to coast through the next three months without much growth in the way of staff.”
He said the “subtle” change “may not yet be perceived in the job market,” but it is “a break from the three-plus years of nearly unchanged hiring plans.”
Of the 14,000 U.S. employers surveyed, 28 percent said they expected to increase payrolls in the next three months, while 7 percent said they expected to trim staff levels, Manpower said.
Fifty-nine percent said they expected no change in the hiring pace and 6 percent said they were undecided about their hiring plans.
The U.S. figures were part of a quarterly Manpower survey of from nearly 50,000 employers in 27 countries and territories.
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Corra is not particularly thrilled about this news. A job slowdown can mean less work for us. It may also mean a general slowdown in the economy. Someone maybe should tell Alan Greenspan to be more discriminating about his speculations, before he creates a national panic. We shall just have to wait and see.
A job slowdown can also mean a better selection for the businesses who are still wanting and willing to hire. Instead of slim pickings, you may have the chance to recruit the more qualified people. Or not. Which means you better make sure they really pan out to be who and what they say they are.
So run background checks, including criminal and the Social Security Trace. For those with access to your financial material, your sensitive databases or intellectual property, you should most definitely run a credit check as well.
Check them out before you hire.
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