Greek employers remained cautiously optimistic over their hiring intentions in the period July-September 2016, ManpowerGroup said in its quarterly report released on Tuesday.
The report showed that from a total 750 employers included in the survey on employment outlook in the third quarter of 2016, a 20 pct expected an increase in the number of workers, an 8.0 pct a decline, a 67 pct expected no change in their workforce and a 5.0 pct of employers said they did not know if there were going to be any change.
Total employment outlook was +7 pct in the third quarter of the year, relatively stable compared with the previous quarter and compared with the same quarter last year. Greek employers expect an increase in their workforce in seven out of nine sectors of economic activity, particularly financial services, insurance, real estate and transport/communications. In the agricultural sector, employers expect a steady increase in workforce, while positive expectations were recorded in the public sector and the commerce sector. On the other hand, employers in the construction sector were pessimistic over hiring along with employers in the electricity/natural gas/water sector.
Employers in the wider Attica region were more optimistic over employment outlook, while hiring prospects rose by two percentage points in Northern Greece.
Employers in large and medium sized enterprises were most optimistic over employment outlook, while employers in very small enterprises were pessimistic expecting a decline in their workforce.
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