1/12 Poll: Are you Hiring?

Frank Chloupek · #1 1/12/2009, 12:27 PM

Current Poll Question:

Is your company planning to hire in Q1?

Yes
No
We're still not sure

Vote Now at:

http://www.industryweek.com#Poll

After you have voted, post your comments in this thread

Jill Jusko · #2 1/21/2009, 09:59 PM

At last check, a quarter of the poll participants indicated they would be hiring in the first quarter. I hope that's a true representation. It's higher than I would have guessed, based on the steady stream of bad news I keep reading or hearing about.

Abogle · #3 1/23/2009, 01:50 PM

The choices left off "cutting staff" which seems to more the norm currently

curious to see how that choice would stack up against "planning on hiring"

Frank Chloupek · #4 1/26/2009, 07:08 PM

Current Poll Question:

Is your company planning to hire in Q1?

Yes -- 26.12%
No -- 63.27%
We're still not sure -- 10.61%

I wonder where these hirings are.

112inky · #5 5/5/2009, 02:20 PM

planning tp hire what ? what it mean

wesdavidson · #6 5/5/2009, 08:51 PM

Inky, brevity is the soul of wit, seems I am soul less ...

Update, here are a few of the companies hiring as of 5/5.
My guess is that if a large shop shuts down, some work may still be viable and will have to shift...

Here is what I have noticed, locally, out west;
Wallmart; new store, started construction 3 years ago, opening this summer, planning on hiring 350 this year.
Construction; UDOT, 2 billion dollars of highway construction out for bid or under contract. Federal money. 70,000 jobs? - UDOT'S estimate....Probably grossly overstated.
Construction; local contractors, bringing back about 25% of last years crews from winter layoffs.
Dairy Queen near Las Vegas, record sales this spring, adding a couple of folks per shift, 50 cent raises.
Little Ceasar's Pizza; new store, 3/4 crew.
New FBO at airport, rumor; hiring 5 A&Ps to replace buisiness that failed a couple of years ago.
2 new restaurants, replacing failed ones; hiring full crews.
Custodial job, local; 40 applicants for 2 openings. Most applicants were over 50. Last year 3 applicants for the same jobs.

Stopped at Cabella's, the wife likes their pretzels. Noticed they are selling out of gun safes, they said that they have been selling quite a few lately. The folks we talked to don't know if the shortage is due to rising demand or production cutbacks.

Winchester went broke just a couple of years too soon. Will we say the same of Dodge in 2011? or 2014?

Hint- products needed! may be a market here! Most gun safes are 11 to 16 gage steel body with a fancy door. They are UL rated at less than 15 minutes to break in. It would seem that shops used to working with thicker metal, (1/4 to 1") with a good fab shop, could enter the market and do well with a heavier stronger better product. -Seems like a few shops like that might be slow right now....