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Survey: 15% of employers to add staff

July 01, 2009

Fifteen percent of employers plan to increase full-time staff in the third quarter, according to the quarterly job forecast survey from CareerBuilder.com and USA Today. Another 10% plan to cut staff, 68% anticipate no change and 7% are unsure.

In comparison, 18% of employers said they increased staff in the second quarter, according to the survey. Another 17% cut staff and 64% reported no change with 1% unsure.

"Though we're headed in the right direction, we're not likely to experience significant movement in job creation in 2009," said Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder. "Jobs will be added, but overall, businesses will continue to be conservative in their hiring and maintain focus on existing human capital. Sixty-eight percent of employers said they don't anticipate any change in their full-time, permanent headcount in the third quarter."

The survey includes more than 2,600 hiring managers and human resource professionals and was conducted between May 22 and June 10.