Comments on: Continued Employer Optimism and a Cautious Hiring Approach: CareerBuilder and USA TODAY Q4 2009 Job Forecast — Download Full Report http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2009/10/01/continued-employer-optimism-and-a-cautious-hiring-approach-careerbuilder-and-usa-today-q4-2009-job-forecast-download-full-report/ A Community for Hiring Professionals – Ideas for Maximizing How You Target, Engage and Attract Your #1 Asset, Your People Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:01:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: a retired state worker http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2009/10/01/continued-employer-optimism-and-a-cautious-hiring-approach-careerbuilder-and-usa-today-q4-2009-job-forecast-download-full-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3750 a retired state worker Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:55:09 +0000 http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/?p=5185#comment-3750 In our small town the jobs are getting ready to boom with over 2,000 jobs in the next 3 months, the economy is looking better. In our small town the jobs are getting ready to boom with over 2,000 jobs in the next 3 months, the economy is looking better.

]]> By: HRM Today - Blog Archive » Continued Employer Optimism and a Cautious Hiring Approach: CareerBuilder and USA TODAY Q4 2009 Job Forecast — Download Full Report http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2009/10/01/continued-employer-optimism-and-a-cautious-hiring-approach-careerbuilder-and-usa-today-q4-2009-job-forecast-download-full-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3109 HRM Today - Blog Archive » Continued Employer Optimism and a Cautious Hiring Approach: CareerBuilder and USA TODAY Q4 2009 Job Forecast — Download Full Report Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:57:46 +0000 http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/?p=5185#comment-3109 [...] Read More… [...] [...] Read More… [...]

]]> By: PeteK http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/2009/10/01/continued-employer-optimism-and-a-cautious-hiring-approach-careerbuilder-and-usa-today-q4-2009-job-forecast-download-full-report/comment-page-1/#comment-3092 PeteK Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:21:15 +0000 http://thehiringsite.careerbuilder.com/?p=5185#comment-3092 The fact that it is being reported that "employers are FEELING more optimistic about the economy" is amazing to me. It's meaningless. Look at the unemployment figures. What are the objective standards that are driving lay offs and separations from employment? What's the truth behind the majority of these amorphous employers planning to keep their staff levels the same for the remainder of the year? Do they plan more lay-off and dismissals in January? And switching their focus from cost containment to growth means what exactly in an economy where most employers have had to take three steps back--is the one step forward really that meaningful to the economy? Saying that it will take time to rebuild the confidence needed in the nation’s economy to trigger more robust recruitment programs is a flowery, empty statement and it sounds sadly like disinformation and spin. Just because planned staff reductions continue to trend down doesn't mean it has stopped. Noting that lay-offs occurred in one area, but that people were hired in another doesn't automatically create balance in the economy either. We don't need confidence and feelings, we need a thriving economy and we aren't going to be there for a while, so strap in and spare us the pie charts. It's going to be a bumpy ride. The fact that it is being reported that “employers are FEELING more optimistic about the economy” is amazing to me. It’s meaningless. Look at the unemployment figures. What are the objective standards that are driving lay offs and separations from employment? What’s the truth behind the majority of these amorphous employers planning to keep their staff levels the same for the remainder of the year? Do they plan more lay-off and dismissals in January? And switching their focus from cost containment to growth means what exactly in an economy where most employers have had to take three steps back–is the one step forward really that meaningful to the economy?

Saying that it will take time to rebuild the confidence needed in the nation’s economy to trigger more robust recruitment programs is a flowery, empty statement and it sounds sadly like disinformation and spin. Just because planned staff reductions continue to trend down doesn’t mean it has stopped. Noting that lay-offs occurred in one area, but that people were hired in another doesn’t automatically create balance in the economy either.

We don’t need confidence and feelings, we need a thriving economy and we aren’t going to be there for a while, so strap in and spare us the pie charts. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.

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