Hiring on the rise in Atlanta

Don’t be surprised if you notice a few new faces in the office this Spring.  According to Manpower, 20% of local companies polled plan to hire, while only 5% plan to lay off workers.

“So that gives us a net employment outlook of 15%,” says regional director of Manpower in Atlanta, Beth Herman.

“And then that other indicator of who plans to maintain is still at a very high level at 69 percent,” she also says.

In other words, most local companies will keep their current staff levels.  But Herman says temporary workers are now being offered full-time jobs.  Almost every sector in Atlanta’s economy is slowly expanding, except construction.