The Question: What is the likelihood that you will hire at least one person this year?
50% - We will definitely be hiring this year.
22% - If the economy improves we will have to hire.
28% - We will not be adding any employees this year.
Jim’s comment:
America needs new jobs. We wanted to check on the hiring attitude of our small business audience, so we asked this question: “What is the likelihood that you will hire at least one person this year?” The news was encouraging.
Fully half of our respondents said, “We will definitely be hiring this year.” America needs more CEOs drinking this Kool-Aid.
A little over one in five of our sample said, “If the economy improves we will have to hire.” Perhaps the employment leadership of the first group will encourage these folks in the middle to find hiring confidence.
The last group, representing a little more than a quarter of our sample, said, “We will not be adding any employees this year.”
Considering where unemployment is, plus all the other headwinds pushing back on economic recovery, I am encouraged by the response this week. You go, small business owners. America - and the world - really needs you right now.
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Small Business Advocate Poll: What is your experience in finding qualified applicants for job openings?
The Question:
What is your experience in finding qualified applicants for your job openings?
32% - We are able to find qualified employees when we have an opening.
29% - We are not hiring and don’t expect to this year.
My Comments:
Over the past several decades, the challenge most often identified by small business owners as their greatest has varied between inflation, taxes and the cost of health care insurance. But for the past few years, another concern has risen to the top of the list: finding qualified employee candidates.
Consequently, in last week’s poll we asked, “What is your experience in finding qualified applicants for your job openings?
The greatest number, almost four of ten, said, “We have job openings but it’s difficult finding qualified applicants.” one-third of our respondents reported, “We are able to find qualified employees when we have an opening,” while a little less than one-third said, “We are not hiring and don’t expect to this year.”
The American economy - and society - has serious problems when only 40% of small businesses are growing employment, but even those can’t find qualified applicants among 22 million unemployed.
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