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Small Bizs Ready To Hire Again

By on October 28, 2009 in Ideas

Small Business Startup News reports that a new survey of hiring expectations brings good news for small business owners looking for signs to expand again – about 44 percent of small businesses say they plan to hire new employees in the next year.

The Intuit Payroll survey finds small business owners expressing greater confidence in the economy and their prospects for growth in 2010. Sixty percent expect their business to grow in the next year.

Entrepreneurs who have founded businesses more recently are the most bullish: 80 percent of companies founded less than three years ago expect to grow over the next year. More veteran business owners who have been around for more than one recession are less optimitstic.

In the current market with unemployment over 9 percent, 50 percent of small business owners are looking for a “people person,” more than creative or mathematically skilled workers, Intuit said.

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  • Jaclyn Wells

    I have noticed many small businesses around my area that are advertising “help wanted” again, most granted are still just part time jobs, but something is still better than nothing. I think small businesses are slowly making their comeback, we have to remember it took time to get so far into debt and recession that it is also going to take time to get back to normal.

  • http://wahm.business-opportunities.biz Angela Shupe

    I haven’t really seen much hiring change around me. The only people who ever seem to be hiring around here are the fast food places (especially the Wendy’s near me), which seems to be eternally hiring because their employees don’t stick around. Hopefully that will start to change around here soon, too. :-)