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State of U.S. Hiring
STATE OF U.S. HIRING
First Half of 2022
Companies’ plans for hiring permanent staff:*
| 65% Adding new positions |
| 33% Filling vacated positions |
| 2% Not filling vacated positions or creating new ones |
| 1% Eliminating positions |
PRACTICE AREA
| Finance 65% |
| Technology 68% |
| Marketing 69% |
| Legal 57% |
| Administrative and Customer Support 72% |
| Human Resources 68% |
COMPANY SIZE (by number of employees)
| 20-499 64% |
| 500-999 72% |
| 1,000+ 63% |
Top hiring strategies:
| 1. Increasing starting salaries |
| 2. Offering remote options |
| 3. Providing signing bonuses |
Biggest benefit of hiring fully remote workers:
| 54% More applications from skilled candidates |
| 45% Greater compensation flexibility |
| 34% Quicker hiring process |
* Responses do not total 100% due to rounding
Source: Robert Half survey of more than 2,300 senior managers in the U.S.
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Wednesday, June 8, 2022 (5:00pm)