The hiring climate in the Delta-Richmond areas should be steady for the first quarter of next year.
That’s according to the latest ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Survey which found that 15 per cent of employers plan to hire for the upcoming quarter in 2021, while five per cent anticipate cutbacks. The remaining 80 per cent of employers plan to maintain their current staffing levels in the upcoming quarter.
“With seasonal variations removed from the data, Richmond-Delta’s first quarter Net Employment Outlook of plus-12 per cent is a three-percentage point decrease when compared to the previous quarterly Outlook,” said Richard Plumb of Manpower’s Vancouver office in a news release.
“It’s also the same percentage as the Outlook reported during the same time last year, indicating a respectable hiring pace for the upcoming months.”
With the uncertainty surrounding the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a moderate hiring Outlook for employers in the first quarter of 2021 can be seen as a positive development, said Darlene Minatel, country manager of ManpowerGroup Canada.
With nine of the 10 industry sectors expecting to add workers in the upcoming quarter, there will be opportunities for job seekers, according to ManpowerGroup.
Meanwhile, Statistics Canada’s recently released its Labour Force Survey which looked revealed that employment rose 0.3 per cent in November, following an increase of 0.5 per cent in October.
