Jeffrey Joerres Hiring Quotations

London felt the upturn earlier and stronger than all of the others. Hiring in Britain didn't drop as much as it did in the rest of the world through 2003, in financial markets and other industries.

I think it will be very isolated to that area. In talking to customers and talking to companies, it's an immense tragedy, but when they look at their own hiring pattern, they don't see it as having much effect yet.

When we talk to customers, they are talking about hiring more, they have plans to hire more, ... But they're still being cautious because of the amount of uncertainty surrounding ... interest rates, oil prices and conflicts overseas.

U.S. employers are still void of the business confidence needed to increase their employment projections for the third quarter, ... Employers have expressed uncertainty in hiring intentions in recent Manpower Employment Outlook Surveys, but this quarter represents the weakest job outlook in 12 years.

Companies are as optimistic as they have been for the last five quarters over which we've seen job gains. Hiring intentions are holding at a high level.

Compared to the first three months of the year, hiring intentions in Europe are decidedly improved. However, Italy continues to lag behind.

employers are not going to break out of the recent hiring pattern. There will be no sudden explosion in hiring.

This indicates that employers are hiring on an as-needed basis, but are still not ready to staff up until demand for their business truly requires it,

German employers are saying they will begin to add employees again, albeit modestly, and hiring activity in Japan should be vigorous, beyond what we normally see in the second quarter -- their peak hiring season. Chinese employers say they will reduce their hiring activity compared to last year at this time, while U.S. employers expect to add to their payrolls at a continued steady pace.