Triad Companies Hiring Right Now

Graham Personnel Services’ COO, Will Graham, joined Chris Rivera, Director of GuilfordWorks, on WFMY News 2 to answer all of your job and unemployment questions. Will discussed jobs available in the Triad, benefits we offer to all of our employees, and helpful tips for anyone looking for a new job right now. Watch the videos below! […]

76% of US Companies Say Hiring Demand Will Return to Pre-Pandemic Levels This Year

Staffing Industry Analysts (01/21/21) Hiring demand will approach, return to or exceed pre-pandemic levels this year, according to the 2021 Future of Recruiting Study published by CareerArc, a provider of a social recruiting platform. Of companies surveyed, 76% believe hiring demand will return this year. CareerArc’s survey also discovered that companies are most concerned about […]

Economists Anticipate Record Job Growth in 2021

Wall Street Journal (01/10/21) Morath, Eric The economy is expected to add more jobs this year than any other on record dating back to 1939. Nonfarm payrolls will increase by 6.7 million by December 2021, from last month, according to data firm IHS Markit. Economic forecasting firm Oxford Economics forecast 5.8 million jobs, while economists […]

US Manufacturing Activity Speeds Up in December

ISM (1/5/21) The US manufacturing economy continued its recovery in December, but labor difficulties remain, the Institute for Supply Management reported today. Its Manufacturing PMI measure of economic activity in US manufacturing rose to a reading of 60.7% in December from 57.5 in November. Readings above 50% indicate expansion, and the jump from December indicates […]

Final Manufacturing Survey of 2020 Finds Cautious Optimism

National Association of Manufacturers (12/23/20) Manufacturer optimism rose from its low in the second quarter brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a survey of manufacturers by the National Association of Manufacturers. In the fourth quarter, 74.2% of manufacturers felt positive about their own company’s outlook, up from 66% last quarter. The average was […]

Economists Lower Growth Expectations for First Half of 2021

Staffing Industry Analysts (12/18/20) Economists taking part in the biannual Livingston Survey ratcheted down their forecast for US gross domestic product growth in the first half of 2021. They now expect GDP to grow at an annualized rate of 3.7% in the first half of next year, down from their forecast in June of 7.2%. […]