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Despite the uncertainty surrounding the future of Shannon Airport, ten per cent of Munster employers ex- pect to recruit more workers by the end of the year, according to the lat- est Manpower Ireland survey.
This is the most optimistic figure of all regions nationwide and shows a three per cent increase 1n quarter- over-quarter results. In year-over- year comparisons, Munster also saw a four per cent increase and was the only region which reported an 1m- provement in year-over-year com- parisons.
Nationally only 12 per cent of Irish employers say they expect to hire
more people during the fourth quar- ter of 2007. These results are down a disappointing eight per cent on the corresponding quarter for last year and down three per cent on the Q3 results for 2007. The survey also shows that seven per cent of Irish em- ployers expect to reduce their work- force while 81 per cent anticipate no change over the coming quarter.
Conducted quarterly, the Man- power Employment Outlook Survey measures employers’ intentions to increase or decrease their work- forces over the forthcoming quarter. Ireland’s Net Employment Outlook for the final quarter of the year is just five per cent, down six percentage points from Q3 2007.