In a recent CareerBuilder forecast, small and large businesses alike plan to raise hiring efforts in the second quarter of 2015.
Among companies with 50 or fewer employees, 23 percent plan to add full-time, permanent staff over the next three months, up from 18 percent during the same period in 2014. Of companies of all sizes, hiring is expected to be up six percentage points year-over-year. With market competition for skilled talent on the rise, nearly one quarter (24 percent) of employers expect to increase salaries by at least 5 percent in the second quarter over the same period in 2014
The Information Technology industry expects the largest growth in wages with 37 percent of companies planning on increasing salaries. According to CareerBuilder CEO Matt Ferguson, “the brisk hiring anticipated for the second quarter comes against the backdrop of stronger sales, new product development, and resource professionals across industries.” Permanent hiring in the first quarter of 2015 outperformed the first three months of 2014 as 35 percent of employers hired full-time, permanent employees—up from 29 percent in 2014.
