Employer Survey: Uptick In Hiring Coming For Wisconsin

A Wisconsin hiring survey predicts an uptick in hiring for Wisconsin.

According to the Milwaukee-based temporary services firm ManpowerGroup, 24 percent of Wisconsin employers expect to add jobs during the next three months, 2 percent of the employers are forecasting layoffs, and the remaining are predicting no change in staffing.

Manpower’s Chris Layden said the state’s 22 percent net employment outlook is up from earlier this year.

“Now this is up, almost 10 points, from the first quarter of the year,” Layden said. “So you are seeing from a quarter to quarter standpoint, some nice growth projected in Wisconsin, getting us back to levels we saw in early 2016.”

All 13 industry sectors expect job gains. Wisconsin’s largest market — Milwaukee — is a little weaker than the statewide hiring forecast, and down a little from the second quarter of last year, Layden said.

Manpower’s report also shows Wisconsin’s jobs outlook is slightly better than the national picture for the next three months, and job-seekers ought to be optimistic, he said.

“I think you see when looking for a job, the positive sign is that employers remain confident, and the confidence that we saw coming out of the last quarter of 2016 continues into 2017, ” Layden said.