- 37 per cent plan to hire temporary or contract workers in
the second half of 2015
- 29 per cent of employers plan to increase salary levels on
job offers
- 1 in 5 workers plan to change jobs
TORONTO, July 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- At the halfway
point in 2015, many Canadian employers and job seekers are feeling
positive about their prospects, according to CareerBuilder.ca's
Midyear Job Forecast. Forty per cent of employers plan to hire
full-time, permanent staff over the next six months and 37 per cent
plan to hire temporary or contract workers. Meanwhile, 1 in 5
workers (22 per cent) plan to change jobs in the next 12
months.
"Despite slower-than-average job growth in the first half of
2015, many Canadian employers continue to add jobs," said
Mark Bania, managing director of
CareerBuilder Canada. "Employers are practicing cautious optimism.
While they may not be hiring at the pace they have in previous
years, they are continuing to add headcount in several areas in
order to remain competitive in a slower market."
The national surveys were conducted online by Redshift Research
on behalf of CareerBuilder.ca and included representative samples
of 400 hiring managers and human resources managers and 500
full-time, Canadian workers across industries and company
sizes.
Starting Salaries
Nearly half of employers (47 per cent) expect to increase salary
levels for current employees in the second half of the year. Around
1 in 5 will increase salary levels by 5 per cent or more.
Twenty-nine per cent plan to increase starting salaries on job
offers over the next 6 months. Around 1 in 8 employers will raise
starting salaries by 5 per cent or more.
Hot Areas for Hiring
The top functional areas where employers will be adding jobs in the
second half of 2015 include:
- Customer Service – 30 per cent of hiring managers
- Sales – 20 per cent
- Production – 19 per cent
- Information Technology – 12 per cent
- Accounting/Finance – 12 per cent
- Marketing – 11 per cent
- Human Resources – 10 per cent
Drilling down into specifics, some of the in-demand areas
employers will be recruiting for include those tied to social
media, wellness, mobile technology, search or cloud technology;
cyber security; content strategy for the Web social media; the
environment; managing and interpreting big data; and financial
regulation.
Survey Methodology
The survey was conducted among 500 employees and 400 hiring
managers in Canada. The interviews
were conducted online by Redshift Research in June &
July 2015 using an email invitation
and an online survey. Results of any sample are subject to sampling
variation. The magnitude of the variation is measurable and is
affected by the number of interviews and the level of the
percentages expressing the results. In this particular study, the
chances are 95 in 100 that a survey result does not vary, plus or
minus, by more than 4.4 percentage points from the result that
would be obtained if interviews had been conducted with all persons
in the universe represented by the sample.
About CareerBuilder.ca
CareerBuilder.ca is a leading job site in Canada. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:
GCI), the Tribune Company, The McClatchy Company (NYSE: MNI),
CareerBuilder.ca powers the career centers for more than 250
Canadian partners that reach national, local, industry and niche
audiences. Job seekers visit CareerBuilder.ca every month to search
for opportunities by industry, location, company and job type, sign
up for automatic e-mail job alerts, and get advice on job hunting
and career management. For more information about CareerBuilder.ca
products and services, visit http://www.careerbuilder.ca.
Media Contact
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SOURCE CareerBuilder.ca