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> From: John Lacny <jlacny at earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:30:49 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
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> Subject: [lbo-talk] Jobs outlook good, sez Manpower
>
> Are they still the largest employer in the country, or were they surpassed by
> Wal-Mart?
>
>
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> http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2004/03/15/daily20.html
>
> Pittsburgh Business Times online, March 17, 2004, 3:12 PM
>
> Survey: Employment outlook strong for 2Q
>
>
> Manpower Inc. said Tuesday that hiring in the second quarter is expected to be
> on strongest pace since the first quarter of 2001.
>
> According to the Glendale, Minn.-based staffing firm's report, the Manpower
> Employment Outlook Survey, 28 percent of U.S. employers expect to add jobs in
> the second quarter, compared with just 6 percent who expect to cut jobs.
> Sixty-two percent of employers see no change in employment levels, while 4
> percent remained uncertain.
>
> Manpower said the hiring prospects in the second quarter are nearly twice as
> positive as those in the second quarter of 2003. Company chairman and chief
> executive officer Jeffrey Joerres said demand for products and services has
> surpassed the capacity of the current workforce.
>
> The improved employment outlook even includes the hard-hit durable goods
> manufacturing sector, where employers see a moderate increase in jobs over the
> previous quarter and significant growth compared with a year ago.
>
> Employment in the construction industry had the strongest outlook of all
> industry sectors, according to the report. Construction employers are more
> optimistic about hiring than they have been since the late 1970s, according to
> seasonally adjusted data.
>
> Hiring is expected to improve in all four U.S. regions and in all 10 industry
> sectors, compared with results from the previous quarter and the second
> quarter of 2003.
>
>
>
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