Employers in Delta and Richmond are expecting a more favourable hiring climate for the fourth quarter of this year.
That’s according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey,
The international hiring agency, which in a separate report noted Canadian employers expect a modest hiring pace over the next three months, found survey data reveals that 14 per cent of Delta-Richmond employers plan to hire for the upcoming quarter, while just five per cent anticipate cutbacks.
Another 77 per cent of employers plan to maintain their current staffing levels in the upcoming quarter, while the remaining four per cent of employers are unsure of their hiring intentions.
“With seasonal variations removed from the data, Richmond-Delta’s fourth quarter Net Employment Outlook is +14%,” stated Richard Plumb of Manpower’s Vancouver office in a news release.
“That is a 16 percentage point increase from the Outlook reported during the same time last year, indicating a positive hiring pace for the upcoming months. There was no employer outlook data for Richmond-Delta in the previous quarterly Outlook.”
“While Canadian employer hiring intentions remain modest, there has been a great improvement in the outlook for Q4 when compared to the previous quarter,” said Darlene Minatel, Country Manager of ManpowerGroup Canada.
“A real benefit for job seekers is that eight of the ten industry sectors are expecting to add workers in the upcoming quarter with the exceptions being the education and mining sectors. With three of the four regions of the country having positive employment outlooks for Q-4, employment prospects for job seekers appear to be on the upswing.”
