Bloomberg BNA’s Quarterly Employment Survey Predicts Rise for Q2 2012 Employment Prospects
Net hiring projections, the percentage of new hires opposed to the percentage of job cuts at a single employer, have risen for the first time since Q4 of 2011 for production and service employees and office and clerical employees. Net hires for these production and service positions are up 20 percent over Q1 while net hires for office and clerical staff have risen 8 percentage points for Q2. Layoff projections have remained unchanged over the year. Employers reporting layoffs of technical and professional staff sat at 6 percent in Q1, down only 1 point since Q4 2011. Layoffs for production and service workers have fallen over last quarter to 8 percent. Office and clerical employee layoffs have remained the same at 7 percent for Q2. Job vacancies have remained consistently flat since Q4 2010.