Employment trends are on the way up, according to a new report by Express Employment Professionals, a private staffing company that interviewed 566 employers across both the United States and Canada.
According to the press release, 38 percent of the companies surveyed said they promised to hire commercial and light industrial staff, a 7 percent jump from the results of the first quarter of 2013. Around 19 percent of the respondents expected to hire employees in either administrative or similar clerical positions, seeing 3 percent growth from last quarter.
“These survey results suggest that 2013 will prove to be a strong year for employment growth in general, as well as for the staffing industry,” says Bob Funk, CEO and chairman of the board for Express Employment Professionals, in the release.
The survey also showed significant variation in hiring competency and talent management, despite strong hiring practices compared to earlier in the year. While 43 percent of the employers reported that it was somewhat easy to very easy to fill new staff openings (an increase of 7 percent), about 54 percent still reported that they are having difficult recruiting and filling necessary positions. Overall, the most important considerations for employers remained work ethics, attitude and a credible work history.
According to Express Employment Professionals data, the staffing company found jobs for more than 367,000 employees in 2012 and posted its highest sales yet. The firm believes that growing demand for temporary workers and new growth will lead to a further expansion of 10 percent in 2013. The company has an overall goal of helping 1 million people find employment, annually.
These positive job expectations are backed up by the latest employment trends from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), which predicted that while the hiring rate in manufacturing would dip slightly in April, hiring in the services sector would increase sharply, rising by an estimated 21.7 percent due to increased activity. Consumers appear to have noticed the trend as well. The April 14 updates to the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index showed the sharpest rise seen in the Index in a year, reaching a five-year high as consumers indicated increased confidence across many areas.
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