Survey finds positive hiring outlook

1 comment December 18th, 2007

More than half of companies responding to a Wisconsin staffing firm’s survey said they expect to increase hiring in the first quarter of 2008. QPS polled 200 companies in Wisconsin and northern Illinois this month for its Employment Forecasting Survey.

The poll found that 54 percent plan to hire more and those who plan to increase payroll will do so by an average of 7.54 percent.

Almost three quarters of respondents expect average or above average growth in the first three months of the new year. But they expect a lack of qualified or skilled employees to be among the biggest issues in 2008.