Hiring Outlook Second Half of 2010: HR Hero Survey: HRhero.com

WORKERS' COMP PRODUCTS

Results

Number of records in this query:

489

Total records in survey:

489

Percentage of total:

100.00%

Field summary for 1

Within the next 6 months, does your organization have plans to

Answer

Count

Percentage

add 1-4 new positions (1)

146

29.86%

add 5-10 new positions (2)

6.13%

add more than 10 new positions (3)

6.54%

maintain the employment status quo until the economy or our industry clearly appears to be stabilized or heading back in a positive direction (4)

186

38.04%

make modest staff reductions (5)

11.45%

conduct a sizeable layoff (6)

1.84%

Other

4.09%

No answer

2.04%

Non completed or Not displayed

0.00%

Field summary for 2

If you are adding positions, which of the following reasons would you credit?

Answer

Count

Percentage

federal stimulus funds (1)

4.70%

uptick in economy (2)

5.73%

uptick in our particular industry (3)

14.52%

supplement threadbare staffing (4)

15.95%

take advantage of new opportunities (5)

13.29%

hire family members who would otherwise be unemployed (6)

1.02%

Other

14.31%

Field summary for 3

If you are hiring, which of the following best describes your hiring situation?

Answer

Count

Percentage

We have an abundance of applicants who are well qualified, the problem is sorting through all the applications. (1)

17.18%

We have many applicants, but they do not have the necessary job skills or qualifications for the jobs that are open. (2)

151

30.88%

We have job openings, but we aren't getting many applicants so we are having trouble selecting candidates. (3)

5.93%

Other

5.93%

No answer

160

32.72%

Non completed or Not displayed

7.36%

Field summary for 4

If you are reducing positions, which of the following reasons would you credit?

Answer

Count

Percentage

pessimism about staying power of the economic recovery (1)

5.73%

pessimism about rebound in our particular industry (2)

5.32%

global competition (3)

0.20%

local competition (4)

0.82%

high benefits and tax costs (5)

5.11%

customers remain tight with their spending, affecting our cash (6)

11.25%

flow and short- or long-term prospects (7)

4.09%

shift in product preferences within our particular industry (8)

2.25%

rising insurance costs because of national and/or state health care reforms (9)

4.91%

Other

13.50%

Field summary for 5

If and when the situation in your industry stabilizes overall, do you think your good employees will:

Answer

Count

Percentage

stay loyal and keep working hard (1)

259

52.97%

jump ship to so-called greener pastures at the first opportunity (2)

5.52%

start looking for a new job but won't be in a hurry to make the change (3)

124

25.36%

No answer

6.54%

Non completed or Not displayed

9.61%

Field summary for 6

What is your current staffing situation?

Answer

Count

Percentage

sufficient staff to meet demand for our services/products but not understaffed (1)

231

47.24%

understaffed with many employees required to do more work than a few years ago (2)

165

33.74%

more employees than are necessary to meet the demand for our services/products (3)

4.91%

Other

2.66%

No answer

1.23%

Non completed or Not displayed

10.22%

Field summary for 7

When you start hiring again, which of the following will you add first?

Answer

Count

Percentage

part-time workers (1)

10.43%

independent contractors (2)

2.86%

temporary employees (3)

10.63%

full-time employees (not temps or contractors) (4)

265

54.19%

interns (5)

0.82%

No answer

10.22%

Non completed or Not displayed

10.84%

Field summary for 8

What do you expect your turnover rate to be in the second half of 2010?

Answer

Count

Percentage

Less than 10% (1)

310

63.39%

10%-25% (2)

18.40%

25%-50% (3)

3.27%

51%-100% (4)

0.41%

No answer

3.68%

Non completed or Not displayed

10.84%

Field summary for 9

If employees are leaving your company now, what is the reason?

Answer

Count

Percentage

Found another job (1)

190

38.85%

Worker is moving (2)

14.31%

Retirement (3)

20.25%

Change in life circumstances (e.g., had a baby, must care for elderly parent, etc.) (4)

17.18%

Layoffs/Reduction in force (5)

13.09%

Other

12.68%

Field summary for 10

Is your organization reducing its compensation packages to new hires to control costs?

Answer

Count

Percentage

Yes (1)

14.11%

No (2)

309

63.19%

Don't know (3)

5.32%

No answer

5.32%

Non completed or Not displayed

12.07%

Field summary for 11

When do you anticipate starting to hire again?

Answer

Count

Percentage

3rd Quarter of 2010 (1)

118

24.13%

4th Quarter of 2010 (2)

5.93%

1st Quarter of 2011 (3)

5.52%

2nd Quarter of 2011 (4)

7.77%

We don't plan on doing any hiring in the next 12 months (5)

14.11%

Don't know (6)

19.43%

No answer

11.04%

Non completed or Not displayed

12.07%

Field summary for 12

Are your older employees continuing to work instead of retiring?

Answer

Count

Percentage

Yes, because they enjoy working (1)

11.04%

Yes, because they can't afford to retire (2)

213

43.56%

Yes, because they have need to keep health insurance coverage for their spouse (3)

8.79%

No, our older workers have not changed their retirement plans (4)

14.93%

Other

5.11%

No answer

3.89%

Non completed or Not displayed

12.68%

Field summary for 18

What do you expect to be your biggest hiring challenge in the next 6 months?

Answer

292

59.71%

No answer

130

26.58%

Non completed or Not displayed

13.70%

Field summary for 13

Is your organization private sector, nonprofit, or public sector (government)?

Answer

Count

Percentage

Private (1)

260

53.17%

Public (government) (2)

15.75%

Nonprofit (3)

16.77%

No answer

0.00%

Non completed or Not displayed

14.31%

Field summary for 14

Please select your company's industry.

Answer

Count

Percentage

agriculture (1)

1.02%

arts and entertainment (2)

0.41%

banking/financial services/accounting (3)

6.34%

construction/building trades (4)

4.09%

education (5)

3.48%

government (6)

12.07%

healthcare/nursing (7)

8.18%

hospitality (8)

1.02%

insurance (9)

2.66%

janitorial (10)

0.00%

legal (11)

2.04%

manufacturing (12)

13.70%

media/broadcasting (13)

0.41%

mining (14)

0.00%

publishing/printing (15)

1.43%

real estate (16)

0.20%

restaurant (17)

0.61%

retail (18)

1.84%

science and engineering (19)

2.04%

service (20)

2.86%

sports/recreation (21)

0.20%

technology/telecommunications (22)

1.64%

transportation (23)

2.25%

utilities (24)

1.23%

wholesale trade (25)

2.45%

Other

11.86%

No answer

0.00%

Non completed or Not displayed

15.95%

Field summary for 15

Please select the state in which your company is located.

Answer

Count

Percentage

Alabama (1)

2.66%

Alaska (2)

1.23%

Arizona (3)

4.91%

Arkansas (4)

1.43%

California (5)

6.95%

Colorado (6)

4.29%

Connecticut (7)

1.43%

Delaware (8)

2.04%

District of Columbia (9)

1.23%

Florida (10)

6.34%

Georgia (11)

4.09%

Hawaii (12)

2.04%

Idaho (13)

2.45%

Illinois (14)

4.70%

Indiana (15)

3.68%

Iowa (16)

2.86%

Kansas (17)

3.89%

Kentucky (18)

2.86%

Louisiana (19)

2.25%

Maine (20)

1.43%

Maryland (21)

3.07%

Massachusetts (22)

3.27%

Michigan (23)

2.45%

Minnesota (24)

3.07%

Mississippi (25)

1.43%

Missouri (26)

3.48%

Montana (27)

1.64%

Nebraska (28)

1.84%

Nevada (29)

1.64%

New Hampshire (30)

1.02%

New Jersey (31)

3.07%

New Mexico (32)

1.23%

New York (33)

4.29%

North Carolina (34)

3.89%

North Dakota (35)

1.02%

Ohio (36)

6.54%

Oklahoma (37)

2.86%

Oregon (38)

2.66%

Pennsylvania (39)

4.70%

Rhode Island (40)

0.82%

South Carolina (41)

2.86%

South Dakota (42)

1.23%

Tennessee (43)

4.29%

Texas (44)

9.41%

Utah (45)

1.84%

Vermont (46)

1.23%

Virginia (47)

2.45%

Washington (48)

5.11%

West Virginia (49)

1.02%

Wisconsin (50)

2.04%

Wyoming (51)

1.64%

Field summary for 16

How many employees does your organization have?

Answer

Count

Percentage

Less than 50 (1)

16.97%

50-200 (2)

168

34.36%

201-500 (3)

14.52%

More than 500 (4)

19.43%

No answer

0.00%

Non completed or Not displayed

14.72%

Field summary for 17

Do you have unionized employees?

Answer

Count

Percentage

Yes (Y)

19.43%

No (N)

319

65.24%

No answer

0.20%

Non completed or Not displayed

15.13%