This question should be urgent for Canadian business leaders and managers because the Hays Canada 2017 Salary Guide finds that 62 per
cent of employers expect business activity to increase, but only 35 per cent say they will increase headcount.
Not exact matches
The pound fell to its lowest level against the Euro since 2009 on Wednesday as a survey
of more than 600 U.K.
employers showed deteriorating confidence, with 31 per
cent expecting the economy to worsen.
44 per
cent of engineering, IT and technical recruits do not meet the
employer's
expected levels
of skills
According to the IET Skills Survey, 44 per
cent of engineering, IT and technical recruits do not meet the
employer's
expected levels
of skills.
Employers have reported a rise in vacancies
of 8.9 per
cent for the 2009/2010 recruitment year, and
expect it to rise a further 4 per
cent in 2010/2011, suggesting the graduate job market has turned the corner.
The Apprenticeships Survey shows that 83 per
cent of student
employers have apprenticeship programmes this year and they
expect to hire at least 12,281 apprentices.
And with the nationally fixed
employer contribution rate
of 16.4 per
cent for the Teacher Pension Scheme also
expected to rise, school leaders are warning more cost - cutting measures may be on the cards.
More than half
of resource and mining
employers say productivity is affected by talent shortages, and respondents are more optimistic about next year with 88 per
cent expecting increased or stable business activity.
In the survey conducted in November, 70 per
cent of employers said they
expected business activity to increase in the coming months, but only 38 per
cent said they
expected to do any hiring.
Overall wages are
expected to grow in 2017 by 1.3 per
cent, which is faster than in 2016 (0.5 per
cent) and indicative
of stronger competition among
employers for talented workers.
This year in Hong Kong, nearly half
of employers (49 per
cent) plan to award increases
of between 3 - 6 per
cent while another 24 per
cent expect to increase salaries by up to three per
cent only.
Despite a slight slow down in Construction across Canada in 2011, 49 per
cent of employers across Canada
expect to add to staff this year, with the greatest concentration in British Columbia and Northern Alberta.
Salaries: 51 %
of employers expect to increase salaries by three per
cent over the next 12 months.
However, if we break down those numbers by province, just one - third
of Alberta
employers expect to ramp up business activity, while in the rest
of Canada 67 per
cent say activity will increase.
Property professionals, specifically, are optimistic for their business activity with 65 per
cent of employers saying they
expect business activity to increase in 2017.
While IT
employers have some
of the country's highest expectations for increased business activity, 11 per
cent expect to make staff cuts in 2016.