Adecco’s Shanahan said employment in professional and business services; education and health services; and trade, transportation and utilities should see improvement in 2012. While the unemployment rate falling at local, state and national levels is a good sign, there still is a significant number of people who remain underemployed or have been without work for long periods of time.
Jeanette Tithof, owner of three Sedona Group locations in the region, said employers will be cautious about hiring in 2012 in light of it being an election year and changes including health care costs and workers’ compensation. Tithof and Staff Source’s Kesic said clients in Lake and Porter counties are expecting to hire people to boost their packaging businesses next year.