26% expect to hire more workers in next 3 months

Mar 09, 2016, 15:56

According to a report issued by New York-listed workforce solutions firm Manpower Group on March 8, hiring activity is expected to rise by 38 percent year-on-year in the April-June 2016 period, the first quarter of the next fiscal. Job creation was flat to start 2016.

- Nationwide picture - The U.S. outlook, when adjusted for seasonal factors, was slightly weaker in the second quarter than the first quarter and unchanged from a year earlier at 16 percentage points.

Minor girl, who was raped then set ablaze, dies
In a 2013 annual report from the National Crime Records Bureau, 24,924 cases of rape were reported across India in 2012. The teen's parents rushed her to a hospital, and she is in a critical condition with burns on 95% of her body.

Electricity, gas and water employers, meanwhile, reported the strongest hiring intentions for the quarter with an outlook metric of 19 per cent, the strongest level since 2008.

Complete results for the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey are available online.

CNN hosting Democratic Town Hall at Ohio State on March 13
There was one thing, however, they could agree on: a mutual distaste for the antics of the Republican frontrunner Donald Trump . David Vitter, a Republican , and the measure was defeated by 45 Democrats, including Clinton , and a handful of Republicans.

Nationally, of more than 11,000 employers surveyed in the United States, 22 percent expect to add employees and 4 percent expect to cut jobs in the second quarter, the company said. "Seventy-two percent of employers anticipate making no change to staff levels, and the remaining 2 percent of employers are undecided about their hiring plans". "However, as the Canadian dollar remains low, we expect to see manufacturing begin to pick up, increasing demand for skilled labour".

"The U.S. labor market is strong compared to the global situation, with the economy still generating a sufficient number of jobs to keep the unemployment rate down", said Kip Wright, senior vice president of Manpower North America.

Peyton Manning Retirement Press Conference
Norma Quick, who has rooted for the Colts for decades, said her favorite Peyton memory is his Colts Super Bowl victory. But the majority of his career was spent with the Indianapolis Colts , who drafted him number one overall in 1998.

Employers in Atlantic Canada expect the most encouraging hiring climate for the coming quarter, reporting a net employment outlook of nine per cent. Employers in Ontario anticipate a modest hiring climate, reporting an outlook of seven per cent, while those in Western Canada and Quebec expect a conservative hiring pace, reporting an outlook of just six per cent.