Staffing Outlook Improves

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The staffing outlook among L.A. area employers shows that layoffs may hit a five-year low during the second quarter, according to a survey released Tuesday from Manpower Group.

The Minneapolis staffing company’s quarterly survey of 143 employers in Los Angeles and Orange counties found that 13 percent plan to hire personnel, while 1 percent of employers plan to lay people off.

Hiring activity is expected to slow during the quarter, down from 14 percent of companies in the first quarter and 16 percent a year ago. Some of this slowdown might reflect uncertainty over sequestration budget cuts; the survey was taken in mid-January, about six weeks before the sequestration deadline.

But this is offset by a plunge in the percentage of employers who plan to lay people off to a five-year low of 1 percent.

For the Los Angeles region, the industries with the brightest outlook for hiring during the second quarter are leisure/hospitality and transportation/utilities.

Nationwide, 18 percent of 18,000 employers surveyed plan to hire, while 5 percent plan layoffs.

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Howard Fine is a 23-year veteran of the Los Angeles Business Journal. He covers stories pertaining to healthcare, biomedicine, energy, engineering, construction, and infrastructure. He has won several awards, including Best Body of Work for a single reporter from the Alliance of Area Business Publishers and Distinguished Journalist of the Year from the Society of Professional Journalists.

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