Infographic showing recent small business hiring trends.

1. Presented by SCORE.org
Planned 3-Month
Hiring Outlook:
Long-T
erm
Numbers
Signal A
Recovery...
08 09 10 1 12 13
1
Planned
Openings
But Short-Term Small Biz Hiring And Pay Are Flat.
941
11,668
5/12
Pay Index
Hiring Index
6/12
7/12
8/12
944
11,505
9/12 10/12 11/12 12/12 1/13
2/13
3/13
4/13
Instead,
Companies Are Hiring
More Free Agents
25
44
Mil
P
TEM
70
Mil
1997
2011
Mil
2020 (projected)
Plus Other Factors Add T Hiring Hesitation:
o
Technologies
Let Businesses
Do More With
Less Staff
Payroll Tax
Increases
Government
Sequester
Many Hiring Are
Looking Online
For a lot of reasons:
40% - Better Talent
84% - Competitive Advantage
70% - Faster Time-To-Hire
Pending
Changes in
Healthcare
Requirements
37%
Use Social Media Sites
T Research Candidates
o
65%
Facebook
63%
LinkedIn
18%
T
witter
17%
Other
in association with
zipcar.com/business.
SOURCES:
• NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Quarterly report
http://www.nfib.com/research-foundation/surveys/small-business-economic-trends
• SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard http://blog.surepayroll.com/April-2013-scorecard/
• Elance Small Business Survey
http://mozy.com/blog/misc/small-businesses-driving-new-hires-stats-show-online-jobs-are-hot/
• The End of the Full-Time Salaried Job
http://business.time.com/2012/02/17/the-end-of-the-full-time-salaried-job/#ixzz2TO8LnQSB
• Career Builder Survey:
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/thirty-seven-percent-of-companies-use-social-networks-to-research-pot
ential-job-candidates-according-to-new-careerbuilder-survey-147885445.html