Sentences with phrase «cent of employers say»

Based on Hays Canada research, 65 per cent of employers say business activity will increase, and approximately 40 per cent of employers plan to increase permanent headcount.

Fifty — two per cent of employers say they are feeling a large to an extremely large amount of pressure to recruit quickly, which results in the wrong hire.

Availability of candidates for permanent roles has been in decline since May 2013 — only 9.1 per cent of employers said availability had improved, while 39.9 per cent said it was worse.

23 per cent of employers said they thought 1 is the best GCSE grade that students can get now, while a further 13 per cent said they didn't know at all.

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.

Property professionals, specifically, are optimistic for their business activity with 65 per cent of employers saying they expect business activity to increase in 2017.

Meanwhile, 65 per cent of employers said they'd like someone who can negotiate.

Not exact matches

59 per cent of Canadians said the responsibility belonged to the individual with 19 per cent saying it was government and 10 per cent saying it was their employer.

Half (49 per cent) of the employees said their employer offers retirement education or coaching, while one - third (32 per cent) said their employer does not, with the remainder (about 20 per cent) uncertain.

Not surprisingly, pensions are also important when it comes to retaining employees, as nearly three - quarters (73 per cent) of respondents said they stayed with an employer due to pension benefits.

Although Schnatter originally said that he'd have to raise the price of his pizzas 10 to 14 cents per pie to account for Obamacare, he's now saying employers may have to cut their employee's hours as well.

Half (51 per cent) of employers said they were recruiting engineering staff this year and of those, more are finding it difficult to recruit the people they need compared to 2013.

More than half (58 per cent) of employers said that managing their organisational response to the Levy is one of their biggest challenges this year.

Mr Birmingham said the almost 10 per cent higher satisfaction levels for vocationally oriented courses over generalist courses were the type of signals universities should be heeding to align course offerings with the expectations of employers.

A further 31 per cent believe that having experience on your CV shows potential employers that you're motivated and passionate, and, over one in 10 (14.3 per cent) say it introduces you to the world of work.

The survey also revealed 62 per cent of engineering employers say graduates don't have the right skills for today's workplace, while 68 per cent are concerned that the education system will struggle to keep up with the skills required for technological change.

Meanwhile, that confident minority of 25 per cent «are in a position where they have pensions or a group plan where they have an incentive to save because their employers help them,» Bezaire said in a phone interview.

Fourteen per cent of those surveyed said their «employer» often failed to provide sufficient hours for a basic standard of living.

64 per cent say this is one of the core things they look for when deciding on a potential employer, far above the cross-country average of 43 per cent.

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.

Fifty - seven per cent of banking and finance employers said they think there will be an increase in business activity in 2017.

Sixty - seven per cent of Ontario employers also predict increasing activity, and 68 per cent of Quebec respondents say the same.

In 2018, more than half of employers are emphasizing the ability to work from home, 29 per cent say more training, and 65 per cent have started to focus on company culture as a competitive differentiator.

More than half (55 %) of employers surveyed said salaries will increase by a nominal three per cent or less, one - third plan to increase headcount and half plan to stick with their current staff numbers.

Looking across Canada, 63 per cent of BC employers say business activity increased in 2016, and 39 per cent say it will increase again in 2017.

Nearly half (48 %) of Alberta employers made staff cuts in 2016 but 57 per cent said that their headcount will remain stable in 2017

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.

Despite these concerns, less than a quarter of employers say they will raise salaries by more than three per cent in 2018.

In answer to a new question added to the Salary Guide this year, 54 per cent of employers in Hong Kong say they are confident of recruiting candidates with the skills their organisation needs in the next 12 months while 32 per cent were not very confident of meeting this challenge.

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.