Employers loaded with quarterly optimism

September 8, 2010

The Vancouver Sun

Metro Vancouver employers are expecting an improved hiring climate for the fourth quarter of 2010, with Richmond-Delta particularly hot for job-seekers, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released Tuesday.

And the small and medium business sector is leading the way, Manpower says.

"[Metro Vancouver] is up and seems to be continuing on a very nice trend," Susan Wright-Boucher, Manpower's regional director for Pacific Canada, said in an interview.

"But Richmond-Delta came out second in the country [after Moncton, N.B.] in terms of the best hiring for the fourth quarter. Forty per cent of employers plan to hire [in Richmond-Delta]. Zero per cent anticipate cutbacks. Fifty-three per cent expect to maintain the same [levels].

"It's the hottest area in the Vancouver region."

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