The hiring outlook for the second quarter is the best in a decade, according to CareerBuilder’s second-quarter 2017 US job forecast released today. Temporary hiring is also expected to experience a double-digit boost year over year.

Nearly half of employers, 49%, plan to add temporary or contract workers over the next three months, up from 37% last year and nearly double the 26% in 2011, when the statistic was initially tracked post-recession.

The survey found 45% of employers plan to add full-time, permanent employees in the second quarter, up from the 34% who planned to hire in the same quarter of 2016.

“This is the best forecast we have seen for the second quarter since we started doing this survey more than 10 years ago,” CareerBuilder CEO Matt Ferguson said. “Nearly half of employers hired full-time employees in the first quarter and that momentum is expected to continue over the next few months. Companies say they are paying close attention to policies introduced by the new administration to assess the potential impact on businesses, but the hiring outlook is optimistic.”

The survey also found a greater sense of confidence among employers was already evident in the first three months of the year. Forty-six percent of employers hired full-time, traditional employees in the first quarter, up from 37% last year and the highest percentage reported for the quarter dating back to 2007. The percentage of employers who decreased headcount edged down to 8% from 9% in last year’s first quarter; 46% reported no change in their headcount while 1% said their company is unsure.

The survey was conducted online within the US by Harris Poll on behalf of CareerBuilder among 2,380 hiring and human resource managers between Feb. 16 and March 9, 2017.