Canadians can expect steady employment growth and pay increases in 2011 and that’s not the case in many other developed countries, according to new reports.
CareerBuilder.ca’s survey of more than 200 hiring managers nationwide found 70% of employers are in a better financial position today than they were one year ago.
"Our survey results and an increase in job posting activity on CareerBuilder.ca point to continued, steady job growth in 2011,” Brent Rasmussen, president of CareerBuilder North America, said in a release.
About 30% of employers plan to add full-time staff in the new year, up from 29% in 2010 and 18% in 2009. Roughly 11% plan to cut their head count in 2011 and 49% expect no change in their staff numbers.
A separate poll for Regus found the top new year’s resolutions among Canadian employers are to add new staff, reduce operating overheads and introduce more performance-related pay.
Nearly 80% of bosses polled for CareerBuilder say they will increase pay for their existing staff in 2011 to help retain talent as the economy improves. Raises will average 3% or less, though 9% of employers plan to hike wages by 5% or more.
Another 46% will offer higher pay to new job candidates right off the bat.
Canadians looking for part-time work might also find comfort knowing hiring intentions in this category are also on the rise, with 20% of employers looking for candidates compared to 18% in 2010.
Another growing segment of the labour force is contract and temporary workers. Companies will increasingly rely on interim solutions to help shoulder their growing workloads, CareerBuilder said.
More than half of managers said they will hire contract workers next year and 42% of them plan to extend permanent job offers to temporary staff eventually.
Customer service professionals will be in high demand because 34% of employers said they're looking to add these types of positions in the new year.
Other areas of growth include:
Information Technology – 33%
Technology – 30%
Administrative – 29%
Marketing – 28%
Sales – 24%
Research/Development – 21%
Engineering – 21%
Business/Development – 20%
Human Resources – 10%
Harris Interactive conducted the online survey on behalf of CareerBuilder.ca. It surveyed 227 Canadian hiring managers between Nov. 15 and Dec. 2. With a pure probability sample of 227, one could say with a 95% probability that the overall results have a sampling error of /- 6.5 percentage points.
Source : http://www.torontosun.com/money/2010/12/29/16700336.html
CareerBuilder.ca’s survey of more than 200 hiring managers nationwide found 70% of employers are in a better financial position today than they were one year ago.
"Our survey results and an increase in job posting activity on CareerBuilder.ca point to continued, steady job growth in 2011,” Brent Rasmussen, president of CareerBuilder North America, said in a release.
About 30% of employers plan to add full-time staff in the new year, up from 29% in 2010 and 18% in 2009. Roughly 11% plan to cut their head count in 2011 and 49% expect no change in their staff numbers.
A separate poll for Regus found the top new year’s resolutions among Canadian employers are to add new staff, reduce operating overheads and introduce more performance-related pay.
Nearly 80% of bosses polled for CareerBuilder say they will increase pay for their existing staff in 2011 to help retain talent as the economy improves. Raises will average 3% or less, though 9% of employers plan to hike wages by 5% or more.
Another 46% will offer higher pay to new job candidates right off the bat.
Canadians looking for part-time work might also find comfort knowing hiring intentions in this category are also on the rise, with 20% of employers looking for candidates compared to 18% in 2010.
Another growing segment of the labour force is contract and temporary workers. Companies will increasingly rely on interim solutions to help shoulder their growing workloads, CareerBuilder said.
More than half of managers said they will hire contract workers next year and 42% of them plan to extend permanent job offers to temporary staff eventually.
Customer service professionals will be in high demand because 34% of employers said they're looking to add these types of positions in the new year.
Other areas of growth include:
Information Technology – 33%
Technology – 30%
Administrative – 29%
Marketing – 28%
Sales – 24%
Research/Development – 21%
Engineering – 21%
Business/Development – 20%
Human Resources – 10%
Harris Interactive conducted the online survey on behalf of CareerBuilder.ca. It surveyed 227 Canadian hiring managers between Nov. 15 and Dec. 2. With a pure probability sample of 227, one could say with a 95% probability that the overall results have a sampling error of /- 6.5 percentage points.
Source : http://www.torontosun.com/money/2010/12/29/16700336.html