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Employers to Maintain Staff Levels in Third Quarter: CareerBuilder and USA TODAY Q3 2009 Job Forecast. Download Full Report.

CareerBuilder and USA TODAY released our Q3 2009 Job Forecast this morning.  Most employers expect their staff levels to remain the same as recruiting patterns hold steady and job losses trend downward.  Sixty-eight percent of employers don’t anticipate any change in their full-time, permanent headcount in Q3.  Fifteen percent expect to increase staff levels.  Ten percent expect a reduction in headcount, an improvement from the previous two quarters.

The study also looked at how employers are managing the economic downturn with cost containment measures:

  • 8% have presented job offers with postponed start dates
  • 10% have instituted mandatory furloughs
  • 16% have implemented pay cuts
  • 44% have instituted a hiring freeze
  • 13% have altered their sick time or paid time off policies
  • 43% have cut perks and benefits

DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT HERE.

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Stephanie Gaspary

About Stephanie Gaspary

Stephanie Gaspary joined CareerBuilder in 2006 as the small business marketing manager, developing marketing strategy and sales support initiatives. In 2007 she took a position as sr. manager of marketing communications, leading the business communications team, including strategic management and execution of The Hiring Site. In 2010 Stephanie was promoted to director of social strategy and creative services. Her day-to-day focus is on delivering results-oriented communication that connects with CareerBuilder’s job seeker, employer and recruiter audiences to help increase engagement, awareness, support sales, and drive revenue. Stephanie holds an MBA from North Park University with concentrations in Marketing and Leadership. Connect with Stephanie on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sgaspary or on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/sgaspary.
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