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To: lorne who wrote (61196)	11/20/2000 2:12:31 PM
From: Alex	Respond to of 116759

First-quarter US hiring seen at record high - survey MILWAUKEE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - More than one in four U.S. companies expect to hire more workers in the first quarter of 2001, a record high for first-quarter employment expectations, a survey by a leading employment agency, Manpower (NYSE:MAN - news), said on Monday. Its quarterly employment outlook survey, which polled nearly 16,000 firms, said 27 percent of the companies surveyed predicted they will take on new employees in the first quarter of next year, down from a record 32 percent of those surveyed in August about expectations for this year's fourth quarter. Milwaukee-based Manpower Inc. conducts the employment outlook survey on a quarterly basis. It gauges employers' intentions to increase or decrease the permanent workforce. During its 25-year history, the survey has been a significant indicator of employment trends, the company says. In the latest survey on expectations for the first quarter next year, another 10 percent of the companies polled said they expected to trim their employee rosters, while 58 percent expected no change in staffing and 5 percent were unsure. Only 24 percent of the companies polled had expected to add workers in the first quarter of 2000, while 10 percent had predicted cuts and 61 percent saw no change. Regional employment patterns heavily influenced companies' outlooks for the survey, Manpower President and Chief Executive Jeffrey Joerres said in a statement. ``The open jobs at the beginning of the new year often will not be the same as those traditionally found in the first quarters of earlier years,'' Joerres said. He cited the retail and construction sectors as employers who now find it necessary to recruit workers year-round as opposed to using short-term seasonal help. The services sector was the nation's most optimistic industry, while hiring in the durable goods manufacturing industry will probably fall below year-ago levels, the report said. Durable goods, items such as cars, airplanes and furniture, are defined as products that are made to last. Manpower is the world's second-largest employment services company, trailing Switzerland's Adecco. biz.yahoo.com