No significant U.S. hiring gains are expected in July 2012 compared to the same month a year ago, according to a report from the Society for Human Resource Management.
The report, a survey of 500 service-sector companies and 500 manufacturing companies, shows that manufacturing-sector hiring will inch up by a net of two points while service-sector hiring will plummet by a net of 17.4 points when comparing July 2012 to July 2011.
A closer look shows:
- In the manufacturing sector, 44.7 percent of HR professionals said their company plans to hire workers while 8 percent will cut jobs, leaving a positive net of 36.7 percent. The remaining 63.3 percent are expected to hold steady with no hiring or layoffs.
- In the service sector, 28.8 percent of companies will hire while 4.7 percent will trim payrolls, leaving a hiring net of 24.1 percent. The remaining 75.9 percent report no staffing changes are expected in July.
The findings are detailed in the SHRM Leading Indicators of National Employment Report, which features monthly employment indices capturing HR professionals’ month-ahead hiring expectations and past-month recruiting difficulty. The report also includes a new-hire compensation index and an index of exempt and non-exempt job vacancies.
The most recent recruiting-difficulty index data—June 2012—show little change on annual basis.
The latest new-hire compensation index data, also for June 2012, remained largely flat. Still, the 4.9 point net increase (annual basis) in manufacturing new-hire compensation marked the highest net in four years for June.