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Survey finds positive hiring outlook

December 18th, 2007 at 02:42pm Nate Legue

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.

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  • 1. Bob Trojan  |  January 3rd, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    Nate;
    To prepare for the upcoming Jan. 23rd Job Fair, a survey was made of local area manufacturers as to their needs…over several hundred openings exist and as of today, 20 companies plan to exhibit at the Fair.

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