HR Trends

September Trends

Hiring and Recalls
Employers in the printing sector anticipate that hiring and recalls will remain static over the course of the next month.

Layoffs
The majority of employers (88.9%) anticipate that their layoffs will remain unchanged over the next month, although 11.1 percent anticipate layoffs to be lower.

Training 
When compared to last year, most employers expect that their investment in training will remain same, 22.2 percent expect that their investment in training will be higher, and 11.1 percent note a decrease in the amount that they plan on to spend  in training over the course of the next month.
 
Challenges facing the industry and the human resource implications 
Employers continue to note that market uncertainty is impacting their volume of sales—however respondents this month also stressed that the limited supply of skilled workers is also impacting their organizations. While some firms are in a position to hire new employees, the limited number of potential applicants who are ‘work-ready’ places employers in a precarious position—they do need to build their workforce (especially given pending retirements), yet they are not currently in a position to invest a lot of time or money into training new employees.