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Supply chain employers are more optimistic about the months ahead, according to a brief survey by the Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council. In the most recent results from the council’s monthly sentiment survey, 21 per cent of respondents predicted an increase in hiring coming this spring. The four-question surveys about key challenges and their implications for employees have been conducted since August 2009 when absolutely no one anticipated an increase in hiring. The February results also indicate that 29 percent of respondents in February expect layoffs to be down for the next month. That’s the highest percentage since the inception of the surveys – nine percentage points higher than the second-best result of 20 percent in November 2009. There was also positive feedback about anticipated training investments. In February, 43 percent of survey participants believed that investments in training at their companies would rise over the month to come. The sector council cautions that the findings are based on the input of a relatively small number of participants, but says they appear to be in line with predictions for economic recovery beginning this year.
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