According to CareerBuilder’s Annual Summer Job Forecast that polled more than 2,500 employers, nearly a quarter of employers plan to hire seasonal workers for the summer, in line with last year’s findings, but the competition for those jobs will be stiffer than in years past due to high unemployment and a tough economy.
More than half (56 percent) of companies reported that they would consider summer recruits for permanent placement within their organizations.
Nearly eight-in-ten (77 percent) hiring managers will offer the same pay to seasonal workers this year as they did last year, while 9 percent will offer more. An additional 9 percent will offer less and 5 percent said they were unsure.
Two-in-five companies (42 percent) plan to pay summer workers $10 or more per hour and 6 percent plan to pay $20 or more per hour. Thirty percent anticipate paying between $8 and $10 per hour, while 10 percent expect to pay less than $7 per hour.
Comparing the industries surveyed, hospitality and retail have plans to bring the most summer workers on board, at 38 percent and 34 percent respectively. Across all industries, the most popular summer positions being offered include:
•Office support – 26 percent
•Customer service – 18 percent
•Research – 12 percent
•Landscape/maintenance – 11 percent
•Restaurant/food service – 11 percent
•Sales – 10 percent
•Construction/painting – 8 percent
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