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CCH® HR MANAGEMENT - 5/12/08

One-in-five employers plan to hire summer help, survey reveals

Twenty-three percent of hiring managers plan to hire seasonal workers for the summer this year and 14 percent are undecided. Of those hiring, 66 percent are considering their summer recruits for permanent placement within their organizations, according to CareerBuilder.com's latest survey of more than 3,000 U.S. employers.

In addition to acquiring new skills, summer workers may be acquiring bigger paychecks. Twenty-four percent of employers plan to pay their summer hires and/or interns more this year than they did last year. Nearly half (47 percent) plan to dish out $10 or more per hour; seven percent will pay $20 or more per hour. Twenty-nine percent anticipate paying between $8 and $10 per hour while 11 percent expect to pay less than $7 per hour.

Comparing industries, it's not surprising that Hospitality and Retail are leading in the number of hiring managers planning to recruit summer workers at 40 percent and 39 percent respectively. Among all employers, the most popular summer positions being offered include: Office support (28 percent); Customer service (19 percent); Landscape/maintenance (14 percent); Research (14 percent); Restaurant/food service (eight percent); Construction/painting (eight percent); and Sales (eight percent).

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