Employer plans to add to staff levels or keep them where they are but are getting slightly more bullish by the quarter, while plans to decreases staff are at a four-decade low.
These were among the results of the quarterly Manpower survey of employer staff management planning. The survey offers further proof that the lessons, and whippings, of the latest recession have stuck with management, leading to an overall caution in forecasting staff levels.
The quarter-to-quarter results, as well as year-ago quarterly comparisons, underscore management's "show-me" attitude toward economic conditions. In the second quarter of 2013, 18 percent of respondents said they planned to increase staff. In the first quarter of this year, 17 percent said they planned to do so. The upcoming second quarter indicated that 19 percent of respondents expect to increase staff.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
