Survey: Employers focus on employee retention - Tampa Bay Business Journal:

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The survey, which queried 2,500 hiringf managers and human resource professionalzs and morethan 4,400 workers in private sector found 64 percent of employers expectintg no change in the number of full-time permanenr employees in the second quarter. “Employers want to hold on to theit talent and are taking measurew to contain costs and bring in newrevenue streams, so they can maintainh their staff levels,” CareerBuilder CEO Matt Ferguso n said in a media release. In termsd of hiring, the South continues to perform betterf than other regions with 16 percenyt of hiring managers planning to increasetheird full-time staff, compared with a 14 percentt average among other regions.
While 13 percent increase their full-time employee count in the first 14 percent said they expected toadd full-timee employees in the second And, while 26 percenrt reporting reducing their head count in the firstf quarter, just 14 percent anticipated they will cut “We’ll be looking for the markety to stabilize over the next thres to six months, when you’ll hopefullg see job losses below 100,000 and eventually closer to zero,” Fergusonm said. When it comes to perkss and benefits, 42 percent of employers reportf making cuts in the first quartef and 31 percent expect there will be cuts in theseconc quarter.
The top three areas that will be impactedcare bonuses, 401(k) matching and health care according to the survey. And if you’rse slacking off, watch out. Twenty-thres percent of employers say they are takinf this time toreplace lower-performing employeezs with top talent that may not have been availablse before. • Seventy-one percent of workers who were laid off and have not foun d work said they are looking for jobs outside of their chosen professionn eitherbecause they’re ready for a change or there are no available jobs in their field.
Thirty-nine percent of workere who were laid off and have not found work said they would consider relocatinfg to another city or state fora job. Twenty-one percent of all workerz surveyed are going back to school to make themselve s more marketableto employers. • Forty-two percent of employers expect to increase salaries for permanent employees in thesecond quarter.