Data-Driven Workforce Trends

• 74% of hiring decision-makers feel positive about their company’s hiring outlook.
• Hiring decision-makers report feelings of optimism (39%), hopefulness (35%), and confidence (30%).
• 86% anticipate facing challenges, principally, finding qualified candidates (45%).
• When considering applicants to hire at their company, 34% of hiring decision-makers say AI skills are absolutely essential or very important.

• 89% of companies see the advantages of hiring contract workers.
• Hiring decision-makers whose companies have employed contract workers (48%) say their company is just as reliant on them now as they were three years ago, and 23% say they’re more reliant on contract workers.
• 80% say at times contract workers have actually outperformed full-time employees.
• 54% of hiring decision-makers feel contract work is a permanent shift in the workforce, yet 56% believe it’s a temporary response to the economy.

• 60% of hiring decision-makers say politics and the current political climate have had an impact on their company.
• Rising costs have an impact on 61% of companies’ ability to operate and/or grow. 13% say it’s a positive impact and 48% say it’s negative.
• 20% note that difficulty planning labour needs due to concerns of a recession or economic downturn and changes in government policies are among the biggest hiring challenges their company will face for the rest of this year.