Across industries and regions as employers
The climate for job seekers continues its slow trek towards improvement, with some markets showing particular optimism about the end of 2014 and U.S. employers reporting the strongest employment outlook since the first quarter of 2008, according to ManpowerGroup’s Employment Outlook Survey, released today.
“During 2014, we have seen incremental growth across industries and regions as employers rebuild their internal teams and implement new operations strategies,” said CEO Jonas Prising in a statement.
In measuring employment outlook, recruiting and consulting firm ManpowerGroup surveyed upwards of 18,000 U.S. employers. Nineteeen percent of those surveyed anticipate increasing staff during quarter four, down slightly from 22% last quarter. Seven percent of employers are anticipating a reduction in staff during the same time period.
Despite the slight dip in percentages, employers in several regions are reporting the strongest employment outlooks in more than half a decade, with Midwestern employers anticipating the strongest hiring quarter since the end of 2007 and employers in the South and West expecting the best three month period since the beginning of 2008.