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EMPLOYMENT EXPECTATIONS |
Manufacturing |
Service |
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Employment expectations for November 2008 are at a four-year low in both manufacturing and service sectors. |
-39.0
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-32.6
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RECRUITING DIFFICULTY |
Manufacturing |
Service |
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Compared with October 2007, recruiting difficulty has eased substantially for both sectors. |
-25.8
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-31.8
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NEW-HIRE COMPENSATION |
Manufacturing |
Service |
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The October new-hire compensation growth rate is down for the first time in four years in both the manufacturing and service sectors. |
-9.2
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-8.3
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Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE)
Need data on what’s really happening in the job market? The SHRM LINE Employment Report covers the service and manufacturing sectors on key areas for recruiting each month:
- The only national employment indicator that includes hiring expectations for the month ahead – released one month earlier than the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Employment Situation Report covering the same period
- Month to month data on new-hire compensation changes
- The only published measure of recruiting difficulty of highly qualified candidates for the most critical positions.
Contacts:
- For questions on LINE data please contact SHRM Research at (703) 535-6301 or line@shrm.org.
- Members of the media should contact SHRM Media Affairs at (703) 535-6356 or press@shrm.org.
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