workforce diversity
square6One third of employers expect to square6Career fairs — 12 percent In the first quarter of 2009, 16 per-
increase salaries on initial offers to square6Staffing firms and recruiters — cent of employers say they plan to add
new employees, down from 65 per- 12 percent employees. Sixteen percent will
cent in 2008. One-in-five (21 percent) square6Social networking sites — decrease headcount while 62 percent
square6employers will raise salaries by 3 7 percent anticipate no change and 6 percent are
percent or more while 7 percent undecided.
square6anticipate increases of 5 percent or #5 Retaining Retirees
more. A quarter of employers surveyed Compensation
report concern over the loss of intellec- With a large number of annual
#2 Flexible Work tual capital at their organizations as a salary increases taking place in the first
Arrangements large number of baby boomers quarter, 56 percent of employers
Close to one third (31 percent) of approach retirement age. expect to raise compensation levels in
employers say they plan to provide square6Nearly one-in-five employers (17 the next three months. Forty-three per-
more flexible work arrangements in percent) say they are likely to rehire cent estimate the average raise to
2009. These arrangements include: retirees from other companies in 2009. amount to 3 percent or more while 12
square6Alternate schedules — come in Another 12 percent are likely to pro- percent anticipate an average raise of 5
early and leave early or come in later vide incentives for workers at or percent or more.
and leave later — 70 percent approaching retirement age to stay on
CareerBuilder.com, the nation’s
square6Telecommuting options — with the company longer. largest online job site with more than
48 percent 23 million unique visitors and over 1.5
square6Compressed workweeks — work #6 Diversity Recruitment million jobs, released the results of its
the same hours, but in fewer days — When asked if there is a particular latest survey, conducted by Harris
40 percent segment of diverse workers they plan Interactive(R), tracking projected hir-
square6Summer hours — 19 percent to target more aggressively in 2009, ing trends for 2009. The survey, titled
square6Job sharing — 13 percent employers pointed to Hispanic work- “2009 Job Forecast,” was conducted
square6Sabbaticals — 7 percent ers, women, African-American work- from November 12 through December
ers and mature workers. 1, 2008 among 3,259 hiring managers
#3 Green Jobs square6Nearly nine-in-ten (88 percent) and human resource professionals in
Employers plan to become more employers report they will be placing private sector companies.
environmentally aware in the new year. the same or greater amount of empha-
Thirteen percent of employers say they sis on recruiting bilingual candidates Survey Methodology
plan to add “green jobs” in 2009, com- in 2009. This survey was conducted online
pared to one-in-ten who say they added within the U.S. by Harris Interactive on
them in 2008. “Green Jobs” are posi- #7 Freelance or Contract behalf of
CareerBuilder.com among
tions that implement environmentally Hiring 3,259 hiring managers and human
conscious design, policy, and technolo- As the nation waits for the economy resource professionals (employed full-
gy to improve conservation and sus- to bounce back, employers are turning time; not self-employed; with at least
tainability. to freelance or contract workers to help significant involvement in hiring deci-
support their businesses. sions; non government); ages 18 and
#4 Recruitment Tools square6Twenty-eight percent of employers over between November 12 and
As recruitment budgets tighten, more anticipate hiring freelancers or con- Deceember 1, 2008 (percentages for
employers are leveraging the Internet as tractors in 2009. some questions are based on a subset
a vehicle for finding potential employ- US Employers, based on their respons-
ees. While nearly one quarter (23 per- HIRING AND COMPENSA- es to certain questions). With a pure
cent) of employers say their overall hir- TION Trends for 2009 probability sample of 3,259 one could
ing budgets will decrease for 2009, Hiring say with a 95 percent probability that
however, they plan to increase their Seventeen percent of employers say the overall results have a sampling
recruitment spend on the following: they increased their headcount in the error of +/- 1.72 percentage points.
square6Online recruitment sites — last three months. Twenty-two percent Sampling error for data from sub-sam-
19 percent reduced headcount while 60 percent ples is higher and varies. HNM
square6Newspaper classifieds — reported no change. One percent were Source:
CareerBuilder.com &PRNewsWire
15 percent undecided.
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