Workforces and salaries ‘set to climb’

Employers are expecting to expand their workforce at the fastest rate since 2007 with staffing levels expected to rise in almost all sectors of the economy, a new report has found.

The Manpower Employment Outlook survey found that employers are reporting a seasonally adjusted net employment outlook of +10% for January to March 2015, an increase of 13 percentage points on the previous quarter, and 16 percentage points ahead of the same period last year.

The results of the survey conducted in 620 companies constitute the strongest planned rate of expansion in more than seven years.