May 25, 2013

CEO Sounding Board

Sounding Board: What trends are you seeing in hiring?

And, what’s happening with employment costs?

Cynthia Barnett | 8/1/2012

Mark Perlberg

Mark Perlberg

Mark Perlberg
CEO
Oasis Outsourcing
Boca Raton

“It’s definitely a partial rebound from where we were. The reason I would characterize the improvement as somewhat modest is we’re also not seeing a robust level of hiring, big expansion, great confidence in the future. ... You’re still seeing a fairly significant increase in unemployment costs. That trust fund is significantly underfunded.”

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