September 11 (SeeNews) - Slovenian employers report upbeat hiring intentions for the final quarter of 2018, indicating confidence on their part is among the strongest both regionally and globally, recruitment company ManpowerGroup said on Tuesday.
The net employment outlook stands at +19%, up 8 percentage points on the quarter and 6 percentage points stronger in comparison with the final quarter of 2017, ManpowerGroup said in its latest Employment Outlook Survey.
"Slovenia’s outlook ranks the third among strongest outlooks across the globe and takes the leading position in EMEA region giving Slovenian labour market a bright end-of-the year," Nebojsa Biskup, country manager Manpower Slovenia, said.
"We observed a more modest hiring pace in the first three quarters of 2018, but employers’ confidence is once again being enhanced in this final October-December time frame. A solid labour market activity is ahead of us and relying on appropriate talent management practices will be more crucial than ever," Biskup added.
According to the survey, 20% of employers forecast an increase in staffing levels, 4% expect a decrease and 74% anticipate no change to their current workforce during the last three months of the year.
Overall, employers in all organization sizes, all four regions and all industry sectors expect to increase staffing levels during the fourth quarter.
The strongest labour market is anticipated in the construction sector, where the net employment outlook stands at +25%, followed by the finance, insurance, real estate & business services sector (+23%), both the strongest labour market forecasts since the second quarter of 2017.
Meanwhile, employers in the transport, storage and communication sector (+22%) reported the strongest hiring pace since the survey began eight years ago.
Looking at regions, Manpower noted that the strongest hiring pace since the survey started is anticipated in the October-December period in Central (+18%) and North East (+20%) region.
Furthermore, payroll gains are also forecast in all four organization size categories - micro, small, medium and large businesses - for the October-December time frame.
Medium employers report robust hiring intentions with a net employment outlook of +35%, which is the strongest hiring pace since the survey began eight years ago. The outlook for large employers stands at +24%.
Elsewhere, outlooks stand at +15% and +9% in the small- and microsize categories, respectively, and this is also the strongest labour market since the second quarter of 2017.
Manpower has interviewed over 59,000 employers across 44 countries and territories to forecast labour market activity for the October-December quarter of 2018.