- July 1, 2009
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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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