Manpower Index:more companies recruiting than firing staff

The number of companies planning to recruit people in the third quarter is double the number of those which have signalled layoffs, according to a poll conducted by Manpower Index. Out of 750 Czech companies polled six percent of them said they were planning to recruit employees, three percent said they would have to affect lay-offs and over 90 percent said their work-force would remain unchanged. Manpower says it has registered a marked improvement in all spheres with the exception of the public sector which is having to affect cost-cutting measures across the board.