Jeffrey Joerres
Jeffrey Joerres
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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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German employers are saying they will begin to add employees again, albeit modestly, and hiring activity in Japan should be vigorous, beyond what we normally see in the second quarter -- their peak hiring season. Chinese employers say they will reduce their hiring activity compared to last year at this time, while U.S. employers expect to add to their payrolls at a continued steady pace.
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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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The survey results combined with the drop in the unemployment rate indicate that the traditional labor supply is essentially exhausted.
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U.S. employers are still void of the business confidence needed to increase their employment projections for the third quarter, ... Employers have expressed uncertainty in hiring intentions in recent Manpower Employment Outlook Surveys, but this quarter represents the weakest job outlook in 12 years.
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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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I think it will be very isolated to that area. In talking to customers and talking to companies, it's an immense tragedy, but when they look at their own hiring pattern, they don't see it as having much effect yet.
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Those are sizable gains. We're seeing manufacturers, which are a major driver to the economy, feeling a bit better about the sustainability of their demand.
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Those are sizable gains, ... We're seeing manufacturers, which are a major driver to the economy, feeling a bit better about the sustainability of their demand.
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We've got the spinnaker up, but the sail is sort of flapping at the moment,
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When we talk to customers, they are talking about hiring more, they have plans to hire more, ... But they're still being cautious because of the amount of uncertainty surrounding ... interest rates, oil prices and conflicts overseas.
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We will be turning this barren site into a phenomenal building site. This will have a positive impact for Milwaukee.
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We see much more of a structural shift happening in Germany than we do in any other European country. We've spent a lot of money there.