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Hire power Jobs outlook. London companies planning to take on staff this summer: Manpower angela mullins
angela.mullins@metronews.ca
Canada lagging • While employment pros-
pects are expected to improve in the London area, Manpower’s thirdquarter outlook for the rest of the country is one of the most “subdued” forecasts in more than two years, officials say.
London’s latest employment forecast is looking bright. Manpower Canada’s jobs outlook for July, August and September shows 17 per cent of London-area employers have hiring plans, the secondhighest percentage in the past 12 economic quarters, said Michael Johnson, manager of London’s Manpower office. “There wasn’t one company that said they were going to decrease their staffing level,” Johnson said on Tuesday as the data were released. “Given our most recent history, I find comfort in those numbers.” Third-quarter hiring expectations are up by 10 per cent from what employers reported in Manpower’s survey for April, May and June. That number was exceeded only in the summer of 2011, when employers
were the most optimistic they had been in three years, with 27 per cent planning to hire. The survey comes on the heels of Statistics Canada’s labour-force report for May. It saw unemployment fall to 8.3 per cent in the London area, which is below the national rate. The rate was 8.7 per cent in May 2011. The labour force has grown by 4,300 people — 1.6 per cent — in the past year, another positive sign. While Manpower’s survey doesn’t say how many local companies took part or what’s driving their hiring decisions, there’s reason to be upbeat, Johnson said. “We’re trending in the right direction. We’re building some momentum.”
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Nancy Walters, a career counsellor at the London Employment Help Centre (114 Dundas St.), helps Alex Ditchburn, 24, of London beef up his resumé on Tuesday. Job prospects are expected to rise in the third quarter, a Manpower Canada survey of London-area employers says. Angela Mullins/Metro