Jeffrey Joerres
Jeffrey Joerres
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Compared to the first three months of the year, hiring intentions in Europe are decidedly improved. However, Italy continues to lag behind.
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Companies are as optimistic as they have been for the last five quarters over which we've seen job gains. Hiring intentions are holding at a high level.
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The labor markets in North America have been incredibly stable and, as is so often the case, the Mexican labor market is moving in tandem with its northern neighbor. There is notable optimism amongst employers in the construction sector in both the US and Mexico, where job seekers should find favorable conditions.
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Employers are telling us that they are not just looking for bodies to fill sales jobs; they want experienced salespeople who know their respective industries and can drive revenues.
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employers are not going to break out of the recent hiring pattern. There will be no sudden explosion in hiring.
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There seems to be traction in the labor market, which will make it slightly easier for people to find a job. But we're still in a marketplace where people need to search for a good job.
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There seems to be momentum building. The question is whether it's strong enough to carry through to the first and second quarter of 2004.
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There's also the practicality that people are needed to do the work, but I'm not sure whether the third quarter gives us the proverbial hockey stick, ... What our guidance would tell you is we're not seeing that as going to happen in the third quarter.
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This indicates that employers are hiring on an as-needed basis, but are still not ready to staff up until demand for their business truly requires it,
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there's not a direct relationship where we can say the survey indicates an average of 225,000 new jobs per month. Companies are just looking at their business and saying they need to do more hiring, but in a measured way.
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This is all about competition. Everybody has had margins squeezed, everybody has global pressures and as a result they have to be much more efficient, much more exacting.