Wednesday 17 August 2011

Quarterly CIPD KPMG survey on the labour market forecasts jobs contraction, …

with stark sectoral and regional differences

The employment recovery is set to slow sharply, according to this summer’s Labour Market Outlook1 survey of over 1,000 employers from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and KPMG. On average, growth in hiring intentions have been reported throughout the past year, but a more sombre outlook is now being driven by a fall in confidence among private sector employers, particularly in manufacturing.

Full press release (HTML)

via CIPD Press Releases

1 Full document is a CIPD member benefit until “later this month”


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