Posted on 06/17/2019 4:43:00 PM PDT by spintreebob
Now may be a good time to dust off that resume. Employers in the metro Atlanta area say they expect to hire at a brisk pace this summer.
According to the ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN) Employment Outlook Survey, 27% of Atlanta employers polled said they plan to hire more people from July through September. About 4% said they plan to cut staff. That yields a net employment outlook of 23%.
"Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA MSA employers have reported a stronger hiring pace compared to Q2 2019 when the Net Employment Outlook was 12 percent," said Carmen Seda, a spokesperson for Manpower. "Compared to this time last year, hiring activity has picked up when the Outlook was 19 percent."
Optimism among Atlanta-based employers mirrors the national trend. U.S. employers are reporting the strongest nationwide hiring intentions in 13 years, according to Manpower. The last time the survey of more than 11,500 employers reported an Outlook as high as 21% was in Q3 2006, the global staffing firm said.
“At a time of record low unemployment and employer optimism at levels we haven’t seen since the mid-2000s, we need to do more to connect people to jobs if we’re going to sustain economic growth,” said Becky Frankiewicz, president of ManpowerGroup North America. "To find and retain top talent, the best companies are offering holistic benefits packages with accelerated training programs and opportunities to learn, earn more and move up so employees have the skills for jobs today and tomorrow.”
Across the country, companies in all 13 industries report double-digit hiring intentions, suggesting continued strength in the labor market at a time when open jobs have outnumbered unemployed U.S. workers for 13 consecutive months, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This summer, hiring is expected to heat up in the U.S. in fields such as construction, durable goods manufacturing, nondurable goods manufacturing, transportation and utilities, wholesale and retail trade, information, financial activities, professional and business services, education and health services, and leisure and hospitality. Job prospects in government remain unchanged. U.S. Hiring Plans by Industry Sectors, Regions and Metro Areas/States
• Nationwide, employers in all 13 industry sectors expect to add staff in Q3 2019. The strongest Outlooks are reported in Professional & Business Services (+28%), Leisure & Hospitality (+27%), Transportation & Utilities (+25%), Wholesale & Retail Trade (+24%) and Construction
(+21%) followed by Government (+20%), Mining (+19%), Durable Goods Manufacturing (+18%), Financial Activities (+17%) and Non-Durable Goods Manufacturing (+16%).*
• Both the West (+22%) and the Midwest (+21%) have the strongest regional Outlooks in the country and the highest reported Outlooks in 11 and 18 years, respectively. Hiring prospects in the South (+20%) are close behind with employers in the Northeast (+19%) not far behind.
0bama’s magic wand at work.
Been to metro Atlanta. I’ll pass
But it’s Atlanta where the morning rush hour is from 6 am to noon and the evening rush hour is from noon until 10 pm.
“But it’s Atlanta where the morning rush hour is from 6 am to noon and the evening rush hour is from noon until 10 pm.”
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I do believe, Suh, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. (But not much.)
I relocated for work down here (Atlanta metro) from Ohio. Began my job and commuting in October 2015. There is a whale of an uptick in traffic loading mornings and evenings from that time to the present. Something is/has happened here.
Run away from Atlanta. Far, far away.
I average 70-80 mph to work in the morning on I20 & I285; 55-65 most of the way home on surface streets ... until I get to Benz stadium.
I used to walk to work downtown. Now I commute against the traffic to the big tech company office in Smyrna. But yes, Atlanta and GA have many small, cheap things they could do to improve traffic time 20% for us. But they want the big multi-million dollar infrastructure project. And they will make us suffer till they get that big pot of money. I should talk. My consulting client contracted $100 million to the big tech company.
On a different note, I expressed pessimism that Trump’s tariffs and immigration would suppress the boom. I am a free trader. A capitalist. I here admit that
I was wrong.
The tariffs and immigration have not suppressed the boom.
:) Home!
True dat. I worked for four years in Atlanta - a 70 mile commute one way - that took about 75 minutes. Half the drive was spent trying to get outside the Perimeter. Ever try to navigate Grady Curve at 8 AM? There’s always at least one lane blocked, and a HERO unit and cops clogging things up because nobody knows how to MERGE at the ramps. There’s always at least one ignorant SOB who tries to force a merging car off to the shoulder, and another ignorant SOB coming off the ramp who wants to play a game of Chicken. Then factor in a secondary merge in interstate traffic and the sundry ignoramuses who do the same thing, and you’ve got six cars on the shoulder with their asses hanging out in the road. I’d rather panhandle on a deserted country road than deal with Atlanta traffic any more.
Dallas / Ft Worth
https://www.indeed.com/q-$40,000-l-76040-jobs.html
I’ve been expecting this.
I’m familiar with nearby Snellville. Nice area. Even has a parkway named after Ronald Reagan!
My friends we will need Mexicans. No getting around it. Just don’t let them stay here with their families. Guarantee them work for 50-60 hours/week. Mandatory return for 2 weeks on Christmas. Win win.
6 months a year. Brassaro program.
Heck - I pass on metro-anywhere...
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